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Measurement | Landmarks | Definition |
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Stature | b-v | The distance between the floor (b) and the highest point on the top of the skull when the head is held in Frankfurt horizontal (v) |
Tragion height | b-t | The distance between the floor (b) and the superior point on the tragus of the ear (t) |
Acromiale height | b-a | The distance between the floor (b) and the acromiale (a), the point at the superior and lateral borders of the acromion process |
Suprasternale height | b-sst | The distance between the floor (b) and the suprasternale (sst), the lowest point in the suprasternal notch in the midsagittal plane |
Iliocristale height | b-ic | The distance between the floor (b) and the iliocristale (ic), the highest and the most lateral palpable point of the iliac crest of the pelvis |
Trochanterion height | b-tro | The distance between the floor (b) and the trochanterion (tro), the superior point of the greater trochanter of the femur |
Symphyseal height | b-sy | The distance between the floor (b) and the symphysion (sy), the point on the superior margin of the pubic symphysis in the midsagittal plane |
Tibiale height | b-ti | The distance between the floor (b) and the tibiale laterale (ti), the superior point on the lateral condyle of the tibia |
Biacromial width | a-a | The distance between the left and right acromiale landmarks |
Bi-iliocristal width | ic-ic | The distance between the right and left iliocristale landmarks |
Bizygomatic width | zy-zy | The maximum horizontal breadth between the zygomatic arches |
Metopion-nasion length | m-n | The distance between the metopion (m), the intersection between median sagittal plane and horizontal line between left and right frontal eminences and nasion (n), the point where the midsagittal plane crosses the junction between the frontal and nasal bones, the deepest root of the nose |
Metopion-subnasale length | m-sn | The distance between the metopion (m), the intersection between median sagittal plane and horizontal line between left and right frontal eminences and subnasale (sn), the point where the nasal septum meets the philtrum |
Metopion-stomion length | m-sto | The distance between the metopion (m), the intersection between median sagittal plane and horizontal line between left and right frontal eminences and stomion (sto), the midpoint of the occlusal line between the lips |
Metopion-gnathion length | m-gn | The distance between the metopion (m), the intersection between median sagittal plane and horizontal line between left and right frontal eminences and gnathion (gn), the most inferior point on the body of the mandible in the midsagittal plane |
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