Abstract:Introduction: The asterion is important bony landmark of skull important for surgical approach to the posterior cranial fossa. The variation is type of asterion is due to presence or absence of lambdoidal suture, parietomastoid suture and occipitomastoid suture. Asterion is starry or triangular depression located 2.5cm behind the upper part of root of ear. Asterion is meeting point of lambdoidal suture, parietomastoid suture and occipitomastoid suture.
Materials and Methods: Altogether 26 dry adult human skull… Show more
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