Mesocephaly (from other Greek: μ среднийσος “middle, intermediate” and ϰεφαλή “head”; also mesocephaly , medium- headedness ) is one of the variants of the head index , expressed in average values of the ratio of the transverse and longitudinal diameters of the human head (for the cranial index , the term “ mesocranes "). It is characterized as a moderately broad and moderately long head. It is determined using cephalometric and craniometric measurements [2] [3] . The ratio of the width to the length of the head with mesokephaly is from 76.0 to 80.9% [4] , according to other sources - from 75.0 to 79.9% [3] . There is a head index for women (77.0–81.9%) and men (76.0–80.9%) [5] .
Mesokephaly occupies an intermediate position between the extreme values of the longitudinally transverse index (head index) - brachycephaly (with a head shape approaching roundish) and dolichokephaly (with a long and narrow head shape) [2] . In the parameters of the cranial index, a dolichomesocranium is sometimes also distinguished with values between the dolichocranium and the mesocranium [6] , and mesobrachranium, which reflects the average value between the brachycrania and mesocranium [7] .
Mesokephaly, as well as other values of the cephalic index, is important in racial studies [8] . Mesokephaly is included, in particular, in the characterization of the Far Eastern and South Asian Mongoloid races [9] , as well as in the characterization of the White-Baltic Baltic Caucasoid race [10] .
Notes
- ↑ Ripley WZ The racial geography of Europe. Supplement.— Russia and the Slavs // Popular Science Monthly / . - New York: , 1898. - T. 53. - P. 735. - 873 p. (Retrieved April 21, 2018)
- ↑ 1 2 Kefalometry / I.V. Perevozchikov // Confiscation Office - Kyrgyzstan. - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 2009. - P. 622. - ( Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 13). - ISBN 978-5-85270-344-6 . Archived copy . Date of treatment July 27, 2018. Archived on April 19, 2018. (Retrieved April 21, 2018)
- ↑ 1 2 Alekseeva, Bogatenkov, Drobyshevsky, 2004 , p. 378.
- ↑ Mesokephaly // Moesia - Morshansk. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1974. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. Ed. A. M. Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, vol. 16).
- ↑ Vlastovsky V.G. Mesocephaly // Big Medical Encyclopedia / Ch. ed. B.V. Petrovsky . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1974-1989. - T. 14. (Retrieved April 21, 2018)
- ↑ Alekseeva, Bogatenkov, Drobyshevsky, 2004 , p. 366.
- ↑ Brachycephalization / Pestryakov A.P. // Big Caucasus - The Great Canal. - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 2006. - P. 178. - ( Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 4). - ISBN 5-85270-333-8 . Archived copy . Date accessed July 27, 2018. Archived April 22, 2018. (Retrieved April 22, 2018)
- ↑ Alekseeva, Bogatenkov, Drobyshevsky, 2004 , p. 361.
- ↑ Mongoloid race / Pestryakov A.P. // Meot archaeological culture - Mongol-Tatar invasion. - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2012. - P. 755. - ( Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 20). - ISBN 978-5-85270-354-5 . Archived copy . Date of treatment July 27, 2018. Archived December 27, 2017. (Retrieved April 21, 2018)
- ↑ White-Baltic Race / Pestryakov A.P. // “Banquet Campaign” 1904 - Big Irgiz. - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 2005. - P. 235. - ( Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 3). - ISBN 5-85270-331-1 . Archived copy . Date of treatment July 27, 2018. Archived on April 21, 2018. (Retrieved April 21, 2018)
Literature
- Alekseeva T. I. (ed.), Bogatenkov D. V. , Drobyshevsky S. V. Anthropology: Educational-methodical complex [Electronic textbook] . - M .: Institute for Distant Education of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia , 2004. - 459 p. (Retrieved April 21, 2018)
Links
- Mesokephaly . Physical Anthropology. Illustrated Dictionary . EdwART (2011). Archived on April 21, 2018. (Retrieved April 21, 2018)
- Mesocephalic . Physical Anthropology. Illustrated Dictionary . EdwART (2011). Archived on April 22, 2018. (Retrieved April 22, 2018)
- Mesocrania . Physical Anthropology. Illustrated Dictionary . EdwART (2011). Archived on April 22, 2018. (Retrieved April 22, 2018)
- Mesocranial . Physical Anthropology. Illustrated Dictionary . EdwART (2011). Archived on April 22, 2018. (Retrieved April 22, 2018)
- Head pointer . Physical Anthropology. Illustrated Dictionary . EdwART (2011). Archived on April 21, 2018. (Retrieved April 21, 2018)