anthropometry 

 Scapula 



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The infra-spinous height is the height from the inferior angle to 

 a point at which the spine transects the vertebral border of the bone. 

 To determine this point hold scapula in left hand with dorsal surface 

 up in such a way that the eye can follow the prolongation of the spine 

 to the axillary border. Mark the mid point of the juncture of the 

 spine with the border (and not the lower or upper limit). 



The glenoid point height is the distance from the inferior angle to 

 the center of the little roughness or fossa situated near the middle of 

 the glenoid cavity. 



The breadth of the scapula (c) is the diameter from the middle of the 

 outer (dorsal) border of the glenoid cavity to the point where the spine 

 intersects the vertebral border. (Broca, P. — Sur les indices de lon- 

 gueur de I'omoplate chez I'homme, les singes et dans la serie des 

 mammiferes. Bull. Soc. d'Anthrop., 1878, S6r. 3, I, 66.) The glenoid 

 point breadth is that from this point.' 



Sternum* 



Tribe Locality . 



Observer . 



Cat. 



No 



Age 



Total 



Length 



(Less 



Xlpbold) 



Length 

 of Man- 

 ubrium 



Manubrlal 



Index 

 /mX100\ 



Great- 

 est 

 Breadth 

 ol Body 



Sternal 

 Index 



Maxi- 

 mum 

 Thick- 

 ness of 

 Body 



Number 

 ot Rib 



Facets 



Anoma- 

 lies 



Re- 

 marks 



' 1 = horizontal, at right angle, or near, with coracoid; 2 = moderate obliquity 

 upwards, angle 55-80; 3 = pronounced obhquity, angle near 45; 4 = semiquadrate; 

 5 = semicircular; 6 = wa\'j'. 



' 1 = none; 2 = sUght; 3 = moderate; 4 = nearly a foramen; 5 = foramen. 



^1 = straight; 2 = concave; 3 = convex: sUglitly — moderately — pronouncedly. 



* 1 = straight; 2 = teres process sUght; 3 = moderate; 4 = pronounced. 



' The glenoid point is a less variable landmark than the glenoid border; also it 

 is the more suitable in measurements of scapulfe of various animals. The y — x 

 index is the most stable index of the scapula. 



« Consult : Anthony (R.) — Notes sur la morphogenie du Sternum chez mammiferes. 



