Individualization of the hard palate traits in a sample of Egyptian skulls

This study was carried out on a sample of 210 skulls belonging to three age categories. The metric and morphological traits of palate were studied. Craniometric measurement was correlated with palatometric ones. A high degree of polymorphism was elicited among morphological hard palate traits, rendering the palatal traits a suitable tool for personal individualization. Nearly, all metric traits showed significant differences between both sexes and most of the morphological traits. Female palates were shorter, narrower and lower than males with many other differences in morphological traits. Egyptian crania were longer, broader and higher than other races; while their palate was longer, narrower and shallower, in addition to multiple morphological differences

Estimation of the length of bones of lower limb from their fragments

Data obtained from measurements of six identifiable fractions on 172 bones [102 femora and 70 tibiae] were used in this study, to find out a method for estimation of the length of these bones from their measured fractions. Statistical analysis of die data provided a basis for construction of anequation, which depends on then fragment and its percentile ratio to the total bone length. Also, it was found that the most useful fractions for prediction of the length of the femur and the tibia were the length of the lesser trochanter, and the length of the medial malleolus respectively