What is it about?
The goals of this study were to find the average intracranial capacity of the living male-entities of Kosovo Albanian population, to define cephalofacial indexes and their interrelations with intracranial capacity and to explore their latent structure.
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Why is it important?
Cephalometry is a branch of anthropometry means measurements of the head of a living entity taken either directly (anthropometric measurements) or indirectly (radiography, MRI, CT, stereological method, ultrasonic cephalometry). The information collected from the cephalofacial measurements enables a chronological study of the anthropological status of today's nations and previous nations too. Also, cephalometry is widely used as diagnostic, treatment and research tool by many medical practitioners (neurologists, orthodontics, prosthodontists, maxillofacial and plastic surgeons, pediatric dentists, measurement of the fetal head), as well as anthropologists (anthropological researches). From the cephalofacial variables that can be measured using the cephalometry method, one can estimate intracranial capacity and cephalofacial indexes.
Perspectives
Intracranial capacity is an important measurement in the different studies, such as: exploration of the racial differences, abnormalities of cranial size and shape, etc. Additionally, the intracranial capacity is considered to be a more accurate indicator of the brain volume than head size, respectively intracranial cavity as a space formed inside the skull indirectly may present the brain volume. The possibility of the prediction of Intracranial Capacity (ICC) based on the values of VCI and TCI argues their joint projection on the first extracted latent factor, which has been nominated as factor of the head volume. The latent structure of the cephalofacial indexes consists of three latent factors: 1) factor of the head volume; 2) facial factor; 3) cephalic factor.
PhD Agron M Rexhepi
Institute of Sports Anthropology
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This page is a summary of: Manifest and Latent Relations between Intracranial Capacity and Cephalofacial Indexes, International Journal of Morphology, September 2012, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT),
DOI: 10.4067/s0717-95022012000300002.
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