MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF THE SUPERIOR BORDER OF THE PETROUS TEMPORAL BONE / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

A morphometric study of the Superior border of the patrons temporal bone was made in a series of 100 Chinese adult cranial bases at random, data on 17 variables were available for statistical analysis. Of the 14 metric variables (11 linear and 3 angular) studied, a greater proportion of significant differences was found between the right-left sides, among these the followings are worth noting.The tendency to a higher level of the medial extremity of the superior border on the right side is statistically significant (df=99, t=2.14, P