Vertex

Japanese: Vertex
Vertex

… In principle, biometric measurements are taken with the subject standing upright, with the head positioned horizontally in the ear-eye plane (facial angle). Height is the vertical distance from the floor to the highest point (vertex) of the median plane of the head. From the floor, the following are measured using a height chart: tragus height (to the tragion at the upper edge of the tragus), upper edge of the sternum height, upper edge of the pubic symphysis height, acromion height (to the point at the outermost edge of the acromion of the scapula), middle finger tip height (to the tip of the middle finger when the arm is naturally hanging down), anterior iliac spine height (to the anterior superior iliac spine of the hipbone), etc. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Vertex" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 生体計測は原則として直立位で,頭部は耳眼平面(顔面角)に水平に位置づけて行う。身長は床面より頭部正中面の最高点(ベルテックスVertex)までの垂直距離である。床面からは耳珠高(耳珠上縁のトラギオンTragionまで),胸骨上縁高,恥骨結合上縁高,肩峰高(肩甲骨の肩峰の最外側縁の点まで),中指端高(手腕を自然に下垂した時の中指端まで),前腸骨棘高(寛骨の上前腸骨棘まで)等を身長計を用いて計測する。…

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