An anatomical point on the human skull where the temporal, parietal, and occipital bones meet.
From Greek asterion, from aster 'star.' Named for its star-like appearance as multiple skull bones converge at this junction point.
The asterion on your skull is where three major bones meet in a star pattern—archaeologists and anatomists use these landmark points to identify skulls and understand human evolution, and it's named after stars because ancient anatomists literally saw a star pattern in the bone junctions!
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