The morphology of human hyoid bone in relation to sex, age and
body proportions

J 2013

The morphology of human hyoid bone in relation to sex, age and body proportions

URBANOVÁ, Petra, Petr HEJNA, Lenka ZÁTOPKOVÁ and Miroslav ŠAFR

Basic information

Original name

The morphology of human hyoid bone in relation to sex, age and body proportions

Authors

URBANOVÁ, Petra (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Petr HEJNA (203 Czech Republic), Lenka ZÁTOPKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Miroslav ŠAFR (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 2013, Elsevier, 2013, 0018-442X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.729

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/13:00068216

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2013.03.005

UT WoS

000321164800003

Keywords (in Czech)

jazylka morfologická variabilita alometrie pohlavní rozdíly věkové změny

Keywords in English

hyoid bone morphological variation allometry sex-dependency age changes

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

Morphological aspects of the human hyoid bone are, like many other skeletal elements in human body, greatly affected by individual’s sex, age and body proportions. Still, the known sex-dependent bimodality of a number of body size characteristics overshadows the true within-group patterns. Given the ambiguity of the causal effects of age, sex and body size upon hyoid morphology the present study puts the relationship between shape of human hyoid bone and body proportions (height and weight) under scrutiny of a morphological study. Using 211 hyoid bones and landmark-based methods of geometric morphometrics, it was shown that the size of hyoid bones correlated positively with measured body dimensions but showed no correlation if the individual’s sex was controlled for. For shape variables, our results revealed that hyoid morphology is clearly related to body size as expressed in terms of the height and weight. Yet, the hyoid shape was shown to result primarily from the sex-related bimodal distribution of studied body size descriptors which, in the case of the height-dependent model, exhibited opposite trends for males and females. Apart from the global hyoid shape given by spatial arrangements of the greater horns, body size dependency was translated into size and position of the hyoid body. None of the body size characters had any impact on hyoid asymmetry. Ultimately, sexually dimorphic variation was revealed for age-dependent changes in both size and shape of hyoid bones as male hyoids tend to be more susceptible to modifications with age than female bones.

In Czech

Článek se zabývá morfologickou variabilitou jazylky člověka a vztahu vůči tělesným parametrům.

Links

MUNI/A/0835/2012, interní kód MU

Name: Aplikace metod analýzy obrazu a tvaru v rutinním zpracování kosterních nálezů

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

URBANOVÁ, Petra, Petr HEJNA, Lenka ZÁTOPKOVÁ and Miroslav ŠAFR. The morphology of human hyoid bone in relation to sex, age and body proportions. HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology. 2013: Elsevier, 2013, vol. 64, No 3, p. 190-204. ISSN 0018-442X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2013.03.005.

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URBANOVÁ, Petra, Petr HEJNA, Lenka ZÁTOPKOVÁ and Miroslav ŠAFR. The morphology of human hyoid bone in relation to sex, age and body proportions. \textit{HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology}. 2013: Elsevier, 2013, vol.~64, No~3, p.~190-204. ISSN~0018-442X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2013.03.005.

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