长春地区出土的髌骨测量

MEASUREMENTS OF THE PATELLAS OF CHINESE UNEARTHED FROM THE CHANGCHUN AREA

本文对长春地区出土的140套成人干燥骨骼标本中的177个髌骨、股骨、胫骨进行了测量。

177 patellas, femora and tibiae of 140 sets of dry adult Chinese skeletons unearthed from the Changchun area were measured.The results show: 1. There is no significant difference in length, width and thickness between right and left sides. However, the differences between male and female are distinct.2. Chinese patellas of both sexes are longer and thicker then those of Koreans and Japanese.3. There is no significant difference in 3 indices (the indices of patellar length, of patella and condyke and of patellar length and width) between the patellas of Koreans and Chinese. 4. Patellas of medium type occur most frequently in Chinese.