title: [The position of the aortic bifurcation in humans].
abstract: We followed the position of aorta bifurcation in the arteriograms of 253 persons of known sex and age and in four human foetus. There exists a statistically relevant difference between sex and age. Bifurcation has a higher position in women than in men. In foetus the bifurcation position is placed relatively high--in the 3rd lumbal vertebra--in adults the bifurcation position is in the 4th lumbal vertebra. We can observe a slow decrease of aortal bifurcation to the distal direction in humans after 50 years of age. This descent is statistically significant.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Voboril
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012727:Sex Characteristics
vernacular_title: Ulození aortální bifurkace u clovĕka.