orbitomeatal plane
The term orbitomeatal plane denotes a horizontal plane for brain stereotaxis based on cranial landmarks. It passes through the inferior margin of the orbits and the openings of the external auditory canals. Also known as the baseline of Reid, it lies10 millimeters ventral to the Horsley-Clarke zero plane ( Carpenter-1983, Winters-1969 ).
Also known as
| Name | Language | Source | Source Citation | Source Title | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt zero plane | English | NeuroNames-2000 | NeuroNames is used as a term's source if no published source of the term has been found. In most cases, the term is an English translation of a commonly used Latin term. In some cases it is a Latin translation of an English term for which no published Latin equivalent has been found. Latin roots of words not found in the neuroanatomical literature are derived from Cassell's Latin Dictionary (Simpson-59). | Unspecified | |
| Basihorizontal zeroplane | English | Clarke-1920 | Part II in Investigation of the Central Nervous System, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Reports (special volume), Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1920 | Atlas of photographs of frontal sections of the cranium and brain of the rhesus monkey (Macacus Rhesus) | Macaca mulatta |
| baseline of Reid | English | Carpenter-1983 | Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1983 | Human Neuroanatomy | human |
| Horsley-Frankfurt zero reference line | English | Winters-1969 | University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, Ca., 1969. | A Stereotaxic Brain Atlas For Macaca nemestrina | Macaca nemestrina |
| orbitomeatal plane | English | NeuroNames | University of Washington, Seattle, WA | NeuroNames | Unspecified |