LEGEND:
A = Length, maximum[109]
B = Breadth, maximum[110]
C = Thickness, maximum[111]
MALES
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| Right
+---------+-----+-----+------+---------+--------+----------
|Number of| | | | Module |Breadth-|Thickness-
|specimens| (A) | (B) | (C) | (mean | length | length
| (pairs) | | | |diameter)| index | index
-------+---------+-----+-----+------+---------+--------+----------
| |_cm._|_cm._|_cm._ | _cm._ | |
Average| (9) |3.77 | 2.85| 2.5 | 3.04 | 75.7 | 66.5
Minimum| — |3.55 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.88 | 70 | 62
Maximum| — |4 | 3.15| 2.65 | 3.18 | 79.7 | 69.4
=======+=========+=====+=====+======+=========+========+==========
| Left
-------+---------+-----+-----+------+---------+--------+----------
Average| (9) |3.74 | 2.85| 2.53 | 3.04 | 76.2 | 67.7
Minimum| — |3.55 | 2.75| 2.3 | 2.86 | 71.8 | 62.8
Maximum| — |3.95 | 3 | 2.65 | 3.13 | 80 | 74.3
-------+---------+-----+-----+------+---------+--------+----------
FEMALES
-------+----------------------------------------------------------
| Right
-------+---------+-----+-----+------+---------+--------+----------
Average| (10) | 3.54| 2.66| 2.26| 2.82 | 75.1 | 64
Minimum| — | 3.25| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.58 | 67.6 | 59.5
Maximum| — | 3.85| 2.95| 2.4 | 3.03 | 81.5 | 67.7
=======+=========+=====+=====+======+=========+========+==========
| Left
-------+---------+-----+-----+------+---------+--------+----------
Average| (10) | 3.55| 2.65| 2.26| 2.82 | 74.4 | 63.6
Minimum| — | 3.25| 2.35| 2.1 | 2.65 | 67.1 | 59.7
Maximum| — | 4.8 | 2.95| 2.5 | 3.03 | 81.5 | 71.4
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[109] Between the most prominent points on the superior and inferior
borders of the distal or metatarsal facet of the bones and the point of
the bone at the inferior medial angle (“calcanean process”).
[110] Maximum breadth, with the cuboid resting on its medial surface in
such position as it naturally assumes. This and the measurement given
in the next note are obtained readily by the _compas glissière_ with
broad branches.
[111] Maximum thickness, with the cuboid resting on its anterior
surface in such position as it naturally assumes.
As in the case of the scaphoid, the three measurements of the cuboid
give rise to two indexes which express the relative proportion of the
bone. Both of these indexes, as seen by the table, are higher in the
males than in the females, especially on the left side, showing that
the male bone is relatively broader as well as thicker.
The indexes also show slight differences on the two sides, but these
are not parallel in the two sexes; in the males both are slightly
higher on the right side, while in the females the condition is
reversed owing to the fact that while in the males the length of the
bone is slightly less on the left, in the females it is slightly
greater on that side than on the right.
The Munsee cuboid contrasted with that of the United States whites is,
as in all the other bones of the tarsus, slightly smaller in every
dimension, and it differs also from the latter to a moderate degree
in its relative proportions; but these differences, as seen in the
following table, are somewhat irregular and can not be regarded as
established before a larger series of specimens is examined.