Lateral Cephalometric Skull Anatomy – Part I 1


I had a request a couple months ago wanting more anatomy on lateral cephalometric skull radiographs specifically those landmarks used in orthodontics. As I am not an orthodontist and do not make tracings of lateral cephalometric skull I will not be going over how to trace but where the anatomical landmarks are along with radiographic examples.

Nasion – the suture between the frontal bone and nasal bones (black dotted line and orange arrow).

nasion dry skullnasion dry skull lateral view

Rhinion – tip of the nasal bone (white arrow).

rhinion dry skull lateral view

Suprarobital – junction of the orbit at the superior aspect where it becomes the roof of the orbital cavity (black arrows).

supraorbitale dry skullsupraorbitale dry skull lateral view

Roof of the orbital cavity – just like the name implies; the roof of the orbital cavity.

lateral cephalometric skull radiograph animations part iNasion (orange arrow)

Rhinion (black arrow)

Supraorbitale (blue star)

Roof of the orbital cavity (black dotted line)

lateral cephalometric skull radiograph part i

I’m not sure how many parts this will take but it’ll be a few so more coming. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below. Thanks and enjoy!



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