Sentence examples for the canthus from inspiring English sources
noun
Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.
Specifically, Dr. Brown said, what makes Ms. Dunaway's face ideal is the classical proportion of the triangle formed by the canthus (corner of the eye), the malar prominence (cheekbone) and the lateral brow.
The angle between the crown of the head and the side of the head between the eye, also known as the canthus is distinct, while the snout is rounded.
Reflective markers were placed over the canthus, tragus, C7 spinous process, greater trochanter and lateral malleolus.
*Head flexion angles greater than 90° were obtained when the canthus was lower than the tragus.
The markers for the canthus, tragus and greater trochanter were attached to the skin using double-sided tape.
Contact precautions were then initiated, and a scraping of the vesicle above the canthus was sent to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Laboratories for vaccinia testing.
The points of the almond are called canthi; that nearest the nose is the inner canthus, and the other is the outer canthus.
The distance from the nose to the medial canthus of the eye was measured and marked as a gauge on the guarded swab.
In order to delineate the limits of resectability of a tumour in the maxillary sinus, in 1930, Ohngren described a line (the Ohngren line) from the medial canthus of the eye to the angle of the mandible; tumour posterior to the Ohngren line was considered to be an unresectable tumour (Fig. 13).
The infraorbital hollow is the area bounded by the medial canthus medially, the lateral canthus laterally, and the inferior border of the orbicularis oculi.
Briefly, an incision perpendicular to the line connecting the lateral canthus of the left eye and the external auditory canal was made to expose and retract the temporalis muscle.
