The shape of the palate is determined by that of the upper dental arch.
Of the skulls at hand, in 11 of the 22 cases the outlines of both the
arch and the palate are elliptic, in 7 ovoid, and in 4 parabolic. The
tendency toward the parabolic form is more marked in the females than
in the males. The height of the palate shows nothing exceptional, and
there is no torus worthy of notice.
XXXI. MUNSEE CRANIA: PALATE
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| 10 males | 12 females
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|Cases|Per cent|Cases|Per cent
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Ovoid | 3 | 30 | 4 | 33
Elliptic | 6 | 60 | 5 | 42
Parabolic| 1 | 10 | 3 | 25
Torus | — | — | — | —
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