Stephanion

Stephanion
Side view of the skull. (Stephanion visible at center top, but not labeled. Coronal suture is at tip of arrow, and stephanion is slightly above it.)
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Latin	Stephanion
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The point where the upper temporal line cuts the coronal suture is named the stephanion.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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Compound structures of skull

Neurocranium	Calvaria Diploë Asterion Pterion Stephanion Inion Bregma Lambda Fossae anterior middle posterior cranial cavity Base of skull Fontanelle anterior posterior sphenoidal mastoid

Facial skeleton	Nasion Gonion

Both	dacryon zygomatic arch temporal fossa infratemporal fossa pterygomaxillary fissure pterygopalatine fossa

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