ANTHROPOMETRY 115 



Sagittal region; Under normal conditions, from side to side, oval, 

 moderately or markedly elevated (keeled). 



Temporo-parietal region: Parietal eminences may be indistinct, 

 medium, or prominent; temporal region may be flat, medium, or 

 bulging. 



Occiput: Assymetry? Flattening? If undeformed: convex, moder- 

 ately protruding, markedly protruding. 



External occipital protuberance: absent, moderate, pronounced, 

 double; iniac fossa. 



Temporal crests: State nearest approach to sagittal suture; and 

 whether or not extending over the lambdoid suture on to the occipital. 



Occipital crests: Absent, slight, moderate, well developed, pronounced. 



Sutures: Serration none, slight, medium, complex (terms based 

 on conditions in average skulls of Whites). Student may also refer to 

 given standards (Broca, Martin), but above terms when used with 

 proper care are quite sufficient. Synostosis: State briefly location, 

 and percentage of suture involved. Anomalies: Abnormal sutures 

 give location and extent. Intercalated bones state briefly location, 

 nature, number; in more important cases give separately size and other 

 particulars. 



Pterions: Give type (H, K, X, I) ; breadth, if special ; note epipteric 

 bones; watch for possible anomalous sutures in wing of sphenoid. 



FACE: Prognathism, facial and alveolar none, slight, medium (+), 

 above medium, pronounced. 



Orbits: Borders sharp or dull; note important anomalies. 



Suborbital fossae: Slight convexity instead; or, concavity slight, 

 medium (+), pronounced. 



Molars: Size submedium, medium (+), large; protrusion slight, 

 submedium, medium (+), marked. Watch for partial and complete 

 malar sutures. 



Zygomce: Strength: Slender, moderate, strong, massive. 



Nose: Nasal bones narrow, medium (+), broad; anomalies. 



Nasal spine: Absent (may even be groove instead), diminutive, 

 medium (+), pronounced; when small may be bifid. 



Lower borders of nasal aperature: Sharp, dull; simian gutters 

 moderate or pronounced; subnasal fossae small, moderate, large. 

 Assymetry. 



Palate: Form elliptic, ovoid, U-shaped, rotund, horseshoe-shaped. 

 Shallow or high. Torus. Marked remnants of or complete inter- 

 maxillary sutures. 



