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- noun anatomy The
anatomical position of thehuman skull , based on aplane passing through theinferior margin of the leftorbit and the upper margin of eachear canal or external auditory meatus.
Etymologies
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Established in 1884 at the World Congress on Anthropology in Frankfurt, Germany.
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hernesheir commented on the word Frankfurt plane
Also called the auriculo-orbital plane, established and decreed, as the standard anatomical position for representations of the human skull, in 1884, by the World Congress on Anthropology, held in Frankfurt that year.
March 2, 2011
bilby commented on the word Frankfurt plane
Not related to banana boat.
March 2, 2011