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Webster 1913 Edition
Basion
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Ba′si-on
,Noun.
[Gr.
βάσισ
a base.] (Anat.)
The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.
Definition 2024
basion
basion
English
Noun
basion
- (anatomy) The middle of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum of the skull.
- 2010, John P. Dormans, Ejovi Ughwanogho, & Jaimo Ahn, "Pediatric Spine Trauma", Chapter 12 in Behrooz A. Akbarnia, Muharrem Yazici, & George H. Thompson (eds.) The Growing Spine: Management of Spinal Disorders in Young Children, page 138
- The tectorial membrane limits extension, while odontoid impaction on the basion limits flexion.
- 2010, John P. Dormans, Ejovi Ughwanogho, & Jaimo Ahn, "Pediatric Spine Trauma", Chapter 12 in Behrooz A. Akbarnia, Muharrem Yazici, & George H. Thompson (eds.) The Growing Spine: Management of Spinal Disorders in Young Children, page 138
Translations
(anatomy) middle of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum of the skull