DOES THE AREA OF THE GLENOID CAVITY OF THE SCAPULA SHOW SEXUAL DIMORPHISM

Authors
PRESCHER A KLUMPEN T
Citation
A. Prescher et T. Klumpen, DOES THE AREA OF THE GLENOID CAVITY OF THE SCAPULA SHOW SEXUAL DIMORPHISM, Journal of Anatomy, 186, 1995, pp. 223-226
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Anatomy & Morphology
Journal title
Journal of Anatomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218782
Volume
186
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
223 - 226
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8782(1995)186:<223:DTAOTG>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The area of the glenoid cavity was determined in 214 scapulae (114 mal e, 100 female). Mean values of 9.87 cm(2) for the males and 7.18 cm(2) for the females were found. Presentation of the values as a histogram showed a bimodal distribution indicating sexual dimorphism, which was confirmed by the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test for unconnected samples. The area of the cavity can therefore be used for the sexing of a skele ton. With the described method 60% of males but only 36% of females ca n be graded unambiguously.