using the femur to determine: sex race age page 9 page 29 figures 25,26
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Using the femur to determine:
• Sex• Race• Age
Page 9 Page 29 figures 25,26
Femur (upper leg bone)
Femur
Page 29 figure 25Page 9 step 1
Femoral head
Figure 26 number 35Page 9 step 1
Femur head measurement
Femur head vertical diameter
Figure 26 number 35Page 9, step 1
Bicondylar width of femur
Internal condyle
External condyle
Page 9, step 2
Figure 25
Bicondylar width
Measurement is taken here
Length of femur
From internal condyle
To head of femur
Page 9, step 3
Figure 25, number 28
Figure 25, number 34
Readings taken in centimeters
Femur
Race Determination Using Femur
Page 9, number 1 Figure 25 number 32
Race determination using a femur
Hand fits under femur, Negroid race eliminated
Page 9, step 1 Race
Age determination using the femur
Use Table 9 to determine approximate age
Page 9 step 1 Age
Greater trochanter
First appears about age 4
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Figure 25
Number 30
Data table 9
Lesser Trochanter
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Figure 25
Number 31
Data Table 9
Lesser Trochanter
Appears about ages 13-14
Epiphyseal union
Appears about age 18
Data Table 9
Appears about age 20 Condyles fuse with shaft
Data Table 9