title: Sex variation in the second cervical vertebra.
abstract: The second cervical vertebra can be used to estimate sex with 83% accuracy in unidentified human skeletal remains. Reported here are the necessary statistics, based on 8 dimensions taken from 400 second cervical vertebrae, for the computation of customized discriminant functions. Discriminant function equations developed using variables selected in a stepwise procedure are also presented here as an example of the usefulness of this bone in estimating sex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Wescott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors