hyperdolichocephalic

[¦hī·pər‚däl·ə·kō·sə′fal·ik]

(anthropology)

Having a long narrow head with a cephalic index of less than 70.

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On the basis of this index, skulls were classified as hyperdolichocephalic, dolichocephalic, mesocephalic, brachycephalic, and hyperbrachycephalic.

Of the skull samples analyzed, the most frequent type found was mesocephalic (N = 25), followed by dolichocephalic (N = 21), then by brachycephalic (N = 18), hyperbrachycephalic (N = 5), and hyperdolichocephalic (N = 2).

Similarly, it is interesting to observe that the extreme cephalic types hyperdolichocephalic (N = 2) and hyperbrachycephalic (N = 5) had very similar PPF, suggesting the need to analyze possible differences in major samples of these cephalic types.

Relationship between pterygopalatine fossa volume and cephalic and upper facial indexes/Relacion entre el volumen de la fosa pterigopalatina y los indices cefalico y facial superior