A Morphometric Evaluation of Some Important Bony Landmarks on the Skull Base Related to Sexes

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-42

  Çiçekcibaşi, Aynur Emine ^a   Murshed, Khalil Awadh ^a   Ziylan, Taner ^a   Şeker, Muzaffer ^a   Tuncer, Işik ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Jugular foramen; Measurements; Occipital condyles; Skull base

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURGERY; TEACHING;

BONY LANDMARKS; MORPHOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOID; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; OCCIPITAL BONE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL BASE; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 1542285915     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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