asterion /as·te·ri·on/ (as-tēr´e-on) pl. aste´ria [Gr.] the point on the skull at the junction of occipital, parietal, and temporal bones. 
asterion [as-te´re-on]
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Asterion.
as·te·ri·on ( s-tîr  - n , - n)n. The junction of the lambdoid, occipitomastoid, and parietomastoid sutures on the skull. |
asterion [as-te´re-on]
the point on the surface of the skull where the lambdoid, parietomastoid, and occipitomastoid sutures meet.
Asterion. From Dorland's, 2000.
asterion,
n point on the skull where the lambdoid, occipitotemporal, and parietotemporal sutures meet.
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