Stephanion

The point where the upper temporal line cuts the coronal suture is named the 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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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 183 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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