Definitions for: Asterion


[n] the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture



Webster (1913) Definition: As*te"ri*on, n. [Gr. 'aste`rion starry.] (Anat.)
The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid,
parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.

See Also: braincase, brainpan, craniometric point, cranium

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