osteometry

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osteometry

[‚äs·tē′äm·ə·trē]

(anatomy)

The study of the size and proportions of the osseous system.

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This use of the method is of particular value in osteometry, as it enables the performance of additional measurements that cannot be easily performed using traditional measurement techniques.

The Osteometry of Equine Third Phalanx by the Use of Three-Dimensional Scanning: New Measurement Possibilities

Investigation of the osteometry of the skull of the onehumped camels.

Osteometria del craneo de la alpaca adulta (Vicugna pacos)

Comparative morphometry of the lower lumbar vertebrae: osteometry in dry bones and computed tomography images of patients with and without low back pain.

An anatomical examination of the lumbar pars interarticulares with significance for spinal decompression

Wiam, "Osteometry of the skull of one-humped camels, part I: immature animals, Italian," Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, vol.

Morphologic and osteometric analysis of the skull of Markhoz goat (Iranian Angora)

The literature on the macroanatomical features of the skeletal system in African giant rat exists with work on some aspects of the osteometry and morphology of the neurocranium [9], pelvic limb [10], and forelimbs [11], but features of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum remain unstudied in the African giant rats.

The vertebral column, ribs, and sternum of the African giant rat (cricetomys gambianus waterhouse)

The one metacarpus is 236 mm in length and distally 50 mm in width (Figure 13(8)) and falls within the small Przewalskii horse metapodial osteometry (cf.

Recycling of badger/fox burrows in late pleistocene loess by hyenas at the den site Bad Wildungen-Biedensteg (NW, Germany): woolly rhinoceros killers and scavengers in a mammoth steppe environment of Europe

According to ultrasound osteometry data the average index of STI in the investigated patients was 55.4%.

Ultrasound densitometry in the diagnostic of osteopenic syndrome in children with chronic lung diseases

Fossil dogs and wolves from Palaeolithic sites in Belguim, the Ukraine and Russia: Osteometry, ancient DNA and stable isotopes.

Distribucion de los ectoparasitos de Canis lupus familiaris L. (Carnivora: Canidae) de Panama

Archaeozoology of groupers (Epinephelinae): identification, osteometry and keys to interpretation.

Prehistoric fishing strategies on the makatea island of Rurutu

However, the nasal septum remains a much-neglected area of osteometry. (2,3)

The nasal septum: an osteometric study of 16 cadaver specimens

Osteometry at muscle origin and insertion in sex determination, American Journal of Physical Anthropology (1988) 76:515-526.