Skull positioning lines (diagram)

Case contributed by Andrew Murphy
Diagnosis not applicable
Diagram

Skull positioning lines:

  • glabellomeatal line (GML)
  • orbitomeatal line (OML)
  • infraorbitomeatal line (IOML)
  • acanthiomeatal line (AML)
  • lipsmeatal line (LML)
  • mentomeatal line (MML)
  • external acoustic meatus (EAM)

 

Case Discussion

Diagram of the skull AP view. Modified image from Gray's anatomy via Wikimedia Commons. The original image can be seen at (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGray188_no_text_bw.png)

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