A craniometric point on the skull where the temporal, parietal, and occipital bones meet at the junction of anatomical structures.
From Greek astron (star) combined with anatomical naming conventions, likely referencing the star-like point where bones converge. Scientific anatomical terminology from the 19th-20th century.
The astrion is so precisely located that forensic anthropologists use it to identify individuals—it's one of the fixed landmarks on the skeleton, invisible to the naked eye but crucial for crime-solving.
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