Title of article
Nasofacial Anthropometry of Adult Bini Tribe In Nigeria
Author/Authors
Omotoso, D. R. University of Benin - College of Medicine - Department of Anatomy, Nigeria , Oludiran, O. O. University of Benin - College of Medicine - Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Nigeria , Sakpa, C. L. University of Benin - College of Medicine - Department of Anatomy, Nigeria
From page
219
To page
221
Abstract
Variation is a common phenomenon in the physiognomy of humans. Therefore, physical anthropometry provides the techniques to assess human body dimensions and to describe morphological variations that exist among different human population. This study was conducted to describe the physical morphometric characteristics of face and nose of the Bini tribe in Nigeria. It involved 450 Bini subjects (230 males and 220 females) aged between 16 to 35 years. The results showed sexual dimorphism in all the dimensions of face and nose studied with the males having higher mean values than the females. The mean facial and nasal indices was 86.93 and 97.32 respectively. This implied the prevalence of mesoproscopic face type and platyrrhine nose type among the Bini tribe in Nigeria. This study showed age and gender as important factors in the description of human physiognomy.
Keywords
Anthropometry , Nose , Face , Bini Tribe , Nigeria
Journal title
African Journal of Biomedical Research
Journal title
African Journal of Biomedical Research
Record number
2532399
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