Chapter LXXII: Munsee: Patellæ

MALES
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
| Right
+----+-------+----+--------+----+----------+----+--------
| | | | | | | |Breadth-
| No.|Height,| No.|Breadth,| No.|Thickness,| No.| height
| |maximum| |maximum | | maximum | | index
-------------+----+-------+----+--------+----+----------+----+--------
Average: | | _cm._ | | _cm._ | | _cm._ | |
Pairs | (4)| 4.5 | (4)| 4.6 | (4)| 2.11 | (4)| 102.8
All | (6)| 4.41 | (6)| 4.57 | (6)| 2.06 | (6)| 103.6
Minimum (all)| (6)| 4.2 | (6)| 4.4 | (6)| 1.95 | (6)| 97.8
Maximum (all)| (6)| 4.6 | (6)| 4.8 | (6)| 2.3 | (6)| 105.9
+----+-------+----+--------+----+----------+----+--------
| Left
+----+-------+----+--------+----+----------+----+--------
Average: | | | | | | | |
Pairs | (4)| 4.6 | (4)| 4.55 | (4)| 2.1 | (4)| 98.9
All |(10)| 4.36 |(11)| 4.38 |(12)| 2.04 |(10)| 100.5
Minimum (all)|(10)| 4 |(11)| 3.9 |(12)| 1.85 |(10)| 91.7
Maximum (all)|(10)| 4.8 |(11)| 4.7 |(12)| 2.25 |(10)| 107.4
-------------+----+-------+----+--------+----+----------+----+--------
FEMALES
--------------+--------------------------------------------------------
| Right
+----+-------+----+--------+----+----------+----+--------
| | | | | | | |Breadth-
| No.|Height,| No.|Breadth,| No.|Thickness,| No.| height
| |maximum| |maximum | | maximum | | index
--------------+----+-------+----+--------+----+----------+----+--------
Average: | | _cm._ | | _cm._ | | _cm._ | |
Pairs | (5)| 3.93 | (5)| 4.02 | (8)| 1.73 | (5)| 102.3
All | (9)| 3.93 | (9)| 3.97 |(11)| 1.75 | (9)| 100.4
Minimum (all)| (9)| 3.7 | (9)| 3.7 |(11)| 1.5 | (9)| 93.8
Maximum (all)| (9)| 4.1 | (9)| 4.3 |(11)| 1.9 | (9)| 107.9
+----+-------+----+--------+----+----------+----+--------
| Left.
+----+-------+----+--------+----+----------+----+--------
Average: | | | | | | | |
Pairs | (5)| 3.93 | (5)| 4.05 | (8)| 1.76 | (5)| 103.1
All | (5)| 3.95 | (5)| 4.05 | (8)| 1.76 | (5)| 103.1
Minimum (all)| (5)| 3.8 | (5)| 3.85 | (8)| 1.5 | (5)| 96.2
Maximum (all)| (5)| 4.05 | (5)| 4.1 | (8)| 1.95 | (5)| 107.9
--------------+----+-------+----+--------+----+----------+----+--------
Module (mean diameter)—Males: right, 3.74; left, 3.75;
Females: right, 3.23; left, 3.25.

A comparison of the Munsee patella with that of whites shows that the latter is slightly larger in both sexes and on both sides; its relative proportions, however, are very much the same, except that the bone in white males on both sides appears to be relatively slightly higher than in the females, which, while also true of the Munsee on the right side, does not hold true for the left.