title: Quantitative survey on the shape of the back of men's head as viewed from the side.
abstract: This article classifies quantitatively into 4 shapes men's back part of the head viewed from the side that are demonstrated in some of the figures in this article. Because of self-evident reasons, the shapes were blurred. The survey is based on the analysis of 2220 shapes obtained by photographing mainly bald men and by finding pictures in the Internet. To the best of the author's knowledge, this quantitative approach has never been implemented before. The results obtained are as follows: the percentage of 376 "flat heads" is 17%; the percentage of 755 "little round heads," 34%; the percentage of 1017 "round heads," 45.8%; and the percentage of 72 "very round heads," 3.2%. This quantitative survey is an additional step in analyzing quantitatively the shape of the parts of the face wherein, in articles that were previously published or that will be published in this magazine, shapes of the nose, ear conch, and human eye were analyzed quantitatively. In addition, the shapes of the leg toes were also analyzed. Finally, it should be noted that, because of obvious reasons, the survey is based on men's head, most of which are with baldness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. atamir4@012.net.il
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamir
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000473:pathology; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D004431:Ear, External / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*