(n.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.
Example Sentences:
(1) When the junction was located higher than the line between the lowest point of the occipital bone and the basion by 1 cm or more, the approach was made through the middle of the sigmoid sinus which was exposed by suboccipital osteoclastic craniectomy (mid-lateral cerebellar approach).
(2) Longitudinal measures of cranial base angulation (nasion-sella-basion angle; N-S-Ba) were obtained in 24 patients with mandibulofacial dysostosis (MFD), with records available over time spans ranging from 2 years to 29 years.
(3) There was a significant difference in the position of the odontoid tip and the nasion-basion-opisthion angle between the normal and patient groups.
(4) The Wholey dens-basion line and direct measurement of the atlantooccipital joint width were each correct in 50% of cases, the Powers ratio in 33% of cases, and the Dublin method in only 25% of cases.
(5) For growth analysis the basion-nasion plane was shown to be longitudinally of superior value for chin behavior.
(6) Changes in the AP group are largely due to anteroinferior displacement of the basion-sella plane.
(7) Tracings of pretreatment (average age for boys, 12.5 years; for girls, 12.2 years) and posttreatment (average age for boys, 15.4 years; for girls, 14.9 years) cephalograms were superimposed according to the following methods: (1) best fit of anterior cranial base anatomy, (2) superimposition on SN line, registered at S, (3) superimposition on registration point R with Bolton-nasion planes parallel, and (4) superimposition on basion-nasion (Ricketts), registered at point CC (4) and point N (4a).
(8) The tumor, extending about one centimeter superiorly to the basion and inferiorly to the upper border of C2 body, was removed completely, and then the dural defect was covered with a piece of fascia and gelform.
(9) Unlike the deformation experienced by the external vault plates, the basion-sella plane orientation remains stable with respect to the Frankfort Horizontal.
(10) MR was less effective than tomography in evaluating the basion-dental interval, erosion of the posterior spinous processes, apophyseal joint disease from C3 inferiorly, and cystic changes of the articular facets of C1-C2.
(11) The cranial base flattened as a result of the upward and forward migration of nasion and the upward and backward relocation of basion.
(12) The distance between the anterior arch of the atlas and odontoid process as well as the displacement of the basion in relation to the first cervical vertebrae were examined.
(13) When the measurements were statistically analysed, we have found a positive correlation between the basion prosthion length and the maximum cranial length, maximum cranial breadth and the bizygomatic breadth, nasion prosthion length and basion bregmatic height, and the palatal breadth and palatal length.
(14) The relationship between these two major reference lines (RBL and CML) and the other four reference lines including nasion-clition line (NC), clition-basion line (CB), nasion-basion line (NB) and nasion-opisthion line (NO) is also evaluated.
(15) Measurements taken from lateral radiographs demonstrated that alternative forms of the cranial base angle (N-S-Ba, planum angle, planum sphenoidale to plane of the clivus and PANG angle, planum sphenoidale to basion-sella plane) and the orbital and OANG angles (orbital roof to plane of the clivus and basion-sella plane, respectively) of both deformed groups increased while the angle S-Ba-O decreased significantly with respect to the undeformed (N) sample.
(16) The form was represented by five landmarks: the nasion (N), basion (Ba), sella (S), frontomaxillonasal suture (FMN), and sphenoethmoidal registration point (SE), and the deformities were computed as mean deformations from age- and sex-matched normal mean forms.
(17) Measured are also the distances between dens axis and anterior arch of atlas and basion.
(18) The angle of inclination of the Foramen magnum to the Frankfort plane was determined from the altitude of the Basion and Opisthion and from the length of the Foramen magnum.
(19) This finding was reflected in a decrease in the angle between the sphenoidal and clival planes and that of the nasion-sella-basion.
(20) An assessment of method error due to point location by the cursor was made by duplicate determination, and an assessment of symmetry was carried out by comparing angular values derived from basion (ba) for right and left sides of the maxillary dental arch, zygomatic arch and cranial base.
Baston
Definition:
(n.) A staff or cudgel.
(n.) See Baton.
(n.) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.
Example Sentences:
(1) So far, the UK election has thrown up a carnival of peculiar results | Lewis Baston Read more Scotland, of course, is a different story: but David Cameron’s antagonistic response to the 2014 referendum clearly swung a lot of anti-Tory voters towards the SNP.
(2) Weakness in crucial types of constituencies in 2016, such as unpretentious Midlands towns (Nuneaton, Cannock) and big city suburbs (Bury, Bolton) is ominous, while stronger showings were in affluent seats that are either already Labour or require large swings to be sustained through to May 2020,” Baston said.
(3) Prepare for a bare-knuckle fight | Lewis Baston Read more According to Hudd, either proposal will affect thousands of Sellafield employees as well as thousands of employees at other nuclear sites, some of which are also in the constituency.
(4) Lewis Baston is a writer on politics, elections, history and corruption, and director of research at the Electoral Reform Society
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jeremy Corbyn: ‘Labour hung on and grew support in a lot of places’ Baston said that in the past, a 1 percentage point lead on the national share of the vote had not been enough to put oppositions on course to win the following general election.
(6) Park entrance $20 a vehicle (valid for seven days) Kelly Bastone is a freelance writer specialising in outdoor sports • For more information on holidays in the USA, visit DiscoverAmerica.com
(7) However, Baston said, smaller opposition leads in local elections, such as those secured by Corbyn last week and Ed Miliband in 2011, had in the past failed to be converted into general election success.
(8) Baston also suggests that an additional six or seven seats at the next set of European elections is a little too ambitious, saying the "realistic maximum" would be doubling their tally of seats to four.
(9) Last night was a Tory landslide – 8 June could be even worse for Labour | Lewis Baston Read more Speaking after the result in the Tory-Labour marginal of Brentford, May insisted the stakes of the election were high because “there are bureaucrats in Europe who are questioning our resolve to get the right deal” on Brexit.
(10) Baston’s analysis shows that Labour performed well in what he calls “ the most modern bits of England ” and badly in its heartlands.
(11) Lewis Baston, senior research fellow at Democratic Audit , suggests the Greens have some way to go in turning the protest vote into significant electoral gains, not least because the party's popularity resides in small pockets of middle-class voters across the country.
(12) Sid Lowe Facebook Twitter Pinterest Borja Baston of Eibar.
(13) Giving evidence to the PCASC this week Lewis Baston, director of research at the Electoral Reform Society, said Britain had not yet reached the stage of voter suppression seen in some US states, but was heading that way now the register had become so inadequate.
(14) Prepare for a bare-knuckle fight | Lewis Baston Read more “It is the fault of people like me over a long period of time for not pointing out the benefits of the EU, for allowing myths to go unchallenged and to be cemented as facts in people’s minds,” he said.
(15) A report for the Fabian Society by the political analyst Lewis Baston examines voting patterns in the marginal constituencies that Labour would have to win to achieve a parliamentary majority.
(16) Baston finds that despite the deep divide within the parliamentary Labour party between the leftwing leadership of Jeremy Corbyn and centrist “Blairite” MPs, the party’s best showing was in areas where New Labour succeeded.