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Table 9 Analysis of Angular Craniometric Parameters of Posterior Cranial Fossa and Foramen Magnum and Surrounding territory

From: Morphometric analysis of posterior cranial fossa and foramen magnum and it’s clinical implications in craniovertebral junction malformations: a computed tomography based institutional study in a tertiary care hospital of northern part of India

Angular Craniometric Parameters

Controls (n = 120)

Mean ± SD

Range

Basal angle (°)

125.92 ± 4.41

118.3–144

Boogard angle (°)

136.89 ± 3.39

129.7–152.1

NBO angle (°)

169.4 ± 2.01

163.5–173.2

Foramen magnum angle (°)

12.88 ± 1.74

9.6–18

Clivo-odontoid angle (°)

145.58 ± 8.78

117.3–157.2

Clivo palatal angle (°)

60.1 ± 5.76

46–71

Clivus canal angle (°)

161.19 ± 9.07

132.1–173.2

Clivus supraocciput angle (°)

77.6 ± 4.52

65.3–93.5

Tentorial slope (°)

88.5 ± 5.87

67–98

Tentorial twinning line angle (°)

34.09 ± 2.12

27.3–40.3

  1. NBO: Nasion Basion Opisthion