ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

Sex Variation in the Second Cervical Vertebra
Wescott, DJ
University of Tennessee, TN

(Received 22 February 1999; accepted 27 May 1999)

Abstract

The second cervical vertebra can be used to estimate sex with 83% accuracy in unidentified human skeletal remains. Reported here are the necessary statistics, based on 8 dimensions taken from 400 second cervical vertebrae, for the computation of customized discriminant functions. Discriminant function equations developed using variables selected in a stepwise procedure are also presented here as an example of the usefulness of this bone in estimating sex.

Keywords:
forensic science, forensic anthropology, skeletal anatomy, vertebra, sexual dimorphism, discriminant analysis

Paper ID: JFS14707J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14707J
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