Anthropometric Analysis of Cephalofacial Dimensions in Kerman, Iran

The human body dimensions are affected by ecological, biological, geographical, racial, sex, and age factors. Craniofacial measurements can be considered to be one of the important tools for determination of the morphological characteristics of the head and face. In this study, which was conducted o...

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Published in:Acta medica Iranica 2017-04, Vol.55 (4), p.241-248
Main Authors: Pouya, Fatemeh, Eftekhar-Vaghefi, Seyed Hassan, Salehinejad, Parvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age
Age Factors
Anthropology
Anthropometric analysis
Anthropometry - methods
Birth defects
Body measurements
Body Weight
Bones
Brain - anatomy & histology
Cephalofacial
Cephalometry
Chephalometric
Cognitive ability
Colleges & universities
Face - anatomy & histology
Female
Females
Forensic medicine
Gender differences
Head - anatomy & histology
Humans
Iran
Male
Males
Pediatrics
Skull - anatomy & histology
Young Adult
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Summary:The human body dimensions are affected by ecological, biological, geographical, racial, sex, and age factors. Craniofacial measurements can be considered to be one of the important tools for determination of the morphological characteristics of the head and face. In this study, which was conducted on Persian adolescents living in Kerman/Iran, different forms of head and face were determined for using in various aspects of medicine. The study was conducted on 732 participants including 366 males and 366 females in the age of 18-20-year-old. In addition to the height and weight of the participants, cephalofacial sizes of them were measured and then cephalic, facial, and brain indices were calculated. Among the cephalofacial sizes, cranial length and breadth, cranial circumference, prosopic length and prosopic breadth were significantly greater in males compared to females (P
ISSN:0044-6025
1735-9694