Variability of human foramen magnum size

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1713-1719

  Gruber, Philipp ^a   Henneberg, Maciej ^b   Böni, Thomas ^a   Rühli, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Forensic medicine; Osteometry; Pleistocene; Secular trend; Skull base

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OSTEOMETRY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL ATLAS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; SKULL; SKULL BASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449652526     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21005     Document Type: Article

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