| Measurement | Abbreviation | Instrument |
| Glabello-occipital length | GOL | Spreading caliper |
| Basion-bregma height | BBH | Spreading caliper |
| Maximum cranial breadth | XCB | Spreading caliper |
| Nasion-prosthion height | NPH | Sliding caliper |
| Maximum frontal breadth | XFB | Sliding caliper |
| Bifrontal breadth | FMB | Sliding caliper |
| Bizygomatic breadth | ZYB | Sliding caliper |
| Basion-nasion length | BNL | Spreading caliper |
| Basion-prosthion length | BPL | Sliding caliper |
| Biauricular breadth | AUB | Sliding caliper |
| Palate breadth | MAB | Sliding caliper |
| Foramen magnum length | FOL | Sliding caliper |
| Nasal height | NLH | Sliding caliper |
| Nasal breadth | NLB | Sliding caliper |
| Biorbital breadth | EKB | Sliding caliper |
| Inter-orbital breadth | DKB | Sliding caliper |
| Orbital height | OBH | Sliding caliper |
| Orbital breadth | OBB | Sliding caliper |
| Mastoid height | MDH | Sliding caliper |
| Mastoid breadth | MDB | Sliding caliper |
| Nasion-bregma chord | FRC | Sliding caliper |
| Bregma-lambda chord | PAC | Sliding caliper |
| Lambda-opisthion chord | OCC | Sliding caliper |