Intraskeletal Variability of Relative Cortical Area in Humans.

摘要: Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueologicas y Museo, Universidad Catolica del Norte,San Pedro Atacama, ChileABSTRACTHistomorphometric and cross-sectional geometric studies of bonehave provided valuable information about age at death, behavioral andactivity patterns, pathological conditions for past present humanpopulations. While a considerable amount exploratory appliedresearch has been completed using histomorphometric cross-sectionalgeometric properties, the effects intraskeletal variability on interpret-ing observed data have not fully explored. Thepurpose this study is to quantify in relativecortical area long bones ribs from modern humans. To examineintraskeletal variability, cross-sections femur, tibia, fibula,humerus, radius, ulna, rib when present, were examined within indi-viduals cadaveric collection (N534). Relative cortical wascompared individuals repeated measurements GeneralLinear Model, which shows significant differences between bones, particu-larly remaining bones. Complementarily,correlations bones’ relative values suggest animportant allometric component affecting aspect butnot rib. This highlights magnitude vari-ability human skeleton, because therelative any particular bone affected by series con-founding factors, extrapolation inferload history other skeletal elements can be misleading. Anat Rec,00:000–000, 2015.