Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In craniometry, pertaining to the basion and the nasion.

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Examples

  • The degree of projection of the jaws is determined by the gnathic or alveolar index, which represents the proportion between the basialveolar and basinasal lengths, thus: basialveolar length X 100/basinasal length56

    II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull 1918

  • The occipitofrontal or longitudinal arc is measured from the nasion over the middle line of the vertex to the opisthion: while the basinasal length is the distance between the basion and the nasion.

    II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull 1918

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