title: [Experiences with development of morphological typology of the face].
abstract: On base of the component analysis of facial dimensions the original diagnostic model of definition of a morphological facial type in Russian males and females is developed. The first typological characteristic feature describes the variability of general face size, allocating extreme micro- and macrotypes. The second one describes the face shape as a ratio of frontal and mandibular parts. On poles of variability it demonstrates a type with massive frontal face part and rather reduced mandibular one, and a contrast type with a massive mandibular part at relative gracile frontal face part. Central position in this model is occupied by variants with equally proportional development of the top and bottom face parts. On the basis of seven traditional anthropometric facial dimensions the place of any individual in terms of face size and form can be easily found in the suggested model. The chosen contrast variants of the face form are comparable to the appropriate characteristics of cerebral and digestive Sigaud types. The offered morphotypology allows to estimate accurately individual and group features in the face form. The methods of multivariate analysis reveal steady connection between somatotypes and features of a facial structure. Though the level of correlation does not exceed 0.3-0.4 of correlation coefficients, it is statistically significant at the highest degree of probability. The basic direction of habitus variability in men is observed at general face size, in women at face shape.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Anthropologic, Fakultät für Biologie, Lomonosow Staatsuniversität, Moskau, Russland. mnegash@soil.msu.ru
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Negascheva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002508:Cephalometry; D005006:Ethnicity; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged