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pterion

[′ter·ē‚än]
(anthropology)
The region surrounding the sphenoparietal suture where the frontal bone, parietal bone, squama temporalis, and greater wing of the sphenoid bone come together most closely.
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In addition, symmetry in the types of pterion was detected in 47 (31 males and 16 females) specimens (Table II).
The pterion is used as an important anatomical landmark for many regions of the brain with respect to neurosurgery.
Classification and Incidence of Pterion Patterns of Thai Skulls/ Clasificacion e Incidencia de los Patrones de Pterion en Craneos de Tailandia
(1997) whose thinnest determination was near the pterion.
Potential Donor Sites of the Parietal for Bone Grafting and its Relationship to the Cephalic Index/Sitios Donantes Potenciales del Hueso Parietal para Injerto Oseo y su Relacion con el Indice Cefalico
Two bur holes were drilled on the key point (frontozygomatic process) and the pterion point.
Frontolateral Approach Applied to Sellar Region Lesions: A Retrospective Study in 79 Patients
This was also scored as PNBr and PNBl for right and left sides respectively Pterion ossicle A sutural bone (epipteric bone) (PO) inserted between the anterior inferior angle of the parietal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid.
Incidence of sutural bones with special reference to sex--a study in the eastern region of India
Localization of pterion in neonatal cadavers: a morphometric study.
The Localization of the Asterion According to the Anatomical Landmarks of Posterior Cranial Fossa in Newborns: Clinical Implications/Localizacion del Asterion de Acuerdo con los Puntos Anatomicos de la Fosa Craneal Posterior en Recien Nacidos: Implicaciones Clinicas
The pterion corresponds to the site of anterolateral fontanelle of neonatal skull which closes in the third month after birth (2).
The pattern of bone articulation at pterion however can be varied and small epipteric bones may be present.
Pterion its location and clinical implications- a study compared
The anatomic location of the pterion therefore is important in surgical interventions following extradural haemorrhage as well as tumors involving inferior aspects of the frontal lobe, such as olfactory meningiomas (Spektor et al., 2005).
Anatomic position of the pterion among Kenyans for lateral skull approaches/Posicion anatomica del pterion entre Kenianos para abordajes laterales de craneo
No se identificaron en la muestra huesos suturales en la sutura coronaria, asi como tampoco en bregma y en pterion.
Incidence of sutural bones in a population of chango's skulls of Northern Chile, Antofagasta/Incidencia de huesos suturales en craneos de changos del Norte de Chile, Region de Antofagasta
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