ophryon

[ ŏf′rē-ŏn′, ō′frē- ]

n.

The point on the midline of the forehead just above the glabella.

Words nearby ophryon

ophite, ophitic, ophiuchus, ophiuroid, ophritis, ophryon, ophryosis, ophthal., ophthalm-, ophthalm., ophthalmalgia

Example sentences from the Web for ophryon

  • Height of forehead: from the ophryon to the roots of the hair.

    Pedagogical Anthropology |Maria Montessori

  • Broca's angle is that included between the auricular foramen, the subnasal point and the ophryon.

    Pedagogical Anthropology |Maria Montessori

  • Auriculo-frontal radius: from the tragus or from the auricular point to the ophryon.

    Pedagogical Anthropology |Maria Montessori

  • There is a slight median ridge on the frontal ascending from the ophryon, at first narrow but expanding at the bregma to 50 mm.

    Notes on the Fenland |T. McKenny Huges