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Correlations between maxillary sinus and nasal cavity volume: An exploratory study into environmental influences on the human maxillary sinus
- Date Issued:
- 2006
- Summary:
- Previous hypotheses have suggested that maxillary sinus volume (MSV) is dependent on nasal cavity volume (NCV), and while NCV is highly correlated with climate, MSV is a passive by-product. To test these hypotheses 39 dried adult human crania from different climatic regions were examined using CT technology. MSV and NCV were regressed against each other and cranial size-variables using least squares and reduced major axis analysis. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests were also utilized to identify significant differences in MSV and NCV between populations. Results suggest that MSV and NCV are not significantly correlated, and while NCV scales with isometry relative to skull size, scaling properties of MSV were not significant. ANOVA results show that although there are significant differences in MSV between populations, they are not due to climatic influences.
Title: | Correlations between maxillary sinus and nasal cavity volume: An exploratory study into environmental influences on the human maxillary sinus. |
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Name(s): |
Butaric, Lauren N. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Broadfield, Douglas C., Thesis advisor Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of Anthropology |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 2006 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 108 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Previous hypotheses have suggested that maxillary sinus volume (MSV) is dependent on nasal cavity volume (NCV), and while NCV is highly correlated with climate, MSV is a passive by-product. To test these hypotheses 39 dried adult human crania from different climatic regions were examined using CT technology. MSV and NCV were regressed against each other and cranial size-variables using least squares and reduced major axis analysis. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests were also utilized to identify significant differences in MSV and NCV between populations. Results suggest that MSV and NCV are not significantly correlated, and while NCV scales with isometry relative to skull size, scaling properties of MSV were not significant. ANOVA results show that although there are significant differences in MSV between populations, they are not due to climatic influences. | |
Identifier: | 9780542745829 (isbn), 13373 (digitool), FADT13373 (IID), fau:10223 (fedora) | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): |
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2006. |
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Subject(s): |
Biology, Anatomy Anthropology, Physical |
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Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13373 | |
Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |