Size correlation in Wormian bones.
This study examines the correlation in size between some Wormian bones (lambda bone and lambdoid ossicles) and between them and some cranial measurements concerning the cephalic index and cranial capacity. The sizes of the lambda bone and lambda ossicles are not correlated among themselves. The female ossicle sizes are correlated with cranial length and width.
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Soprintendenza Archeologica per il Lazio, Servizio di Anthropologia, Rome, Italy.
D000328:Adult; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D010164:Paleopathology; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*