Frankfort horizontal plane
- Frankfort horizontal plane
Frank·fort hor·i·zon·tal plane 'fraŋk-fərt-.hȯr-ə-'zänt-əl-, -.här- n a plane used in craniometry that is determined the highest point on the upper margin of the opening of each external auditory canal and the low point on the lower margin of the left orbit and that is used to orient a human skull or head usu. so that the plane is horizontal
called also eye-ear plane, Frankfort horizontal, Frankfort plane
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a horizontal plane represented in profile by a line between the lowest point on the margin of the orbit and the highest point on the margin of the external acoustic (auditory) meatus.
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