title: [A study on the shape of nose of the Jingpo people in China].
abstract: The objective of this survey was to provide data for clinical plastics of nose, medical aesthetics and cosmetology, anthropology, nationality study and medical jurisprudence. We carried out a somatological survey on the nose of 611 Jingpo people living in Yunnan. The survey covered 277 males (aged 15 to 60 years) and 334 females (aged 13 to 55 years). The findings of the features of nose are as follows: the Nasal Root Height is high (average 55.83%); the Nasal Tip Direction is forward (average 81.17%); the Nasal Base is horizontal (average 79.17%); the Alae Nasi is slightly projecting (average 91.83%); the Nasal Profile is straight (average 74.83%). The type of the Nasal Index is middle (70.0-84.9). The average of the Nasal Height (NH) of both male and female is 49.09 mm, the average of the Nasal Length (NL) is 41.99 mm, the average of the Nasal Breadth (NB) is 36.44 mm, the average of the Nasal Index is 74.93, but there is significant difference between male and female. The average of the Nasal Depth (ND) is 14.59 mm, the average of the Nasal Deep Index is 40.19; there is no significant difference between male and female. There is no difference between adults and youths, but there is marked difference between adults and teenagers, suggesting that the development of the nose of the Jingpo people tends to end up in youth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Kunming Medical College, Kunming 650031.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D002681:China; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology*