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Definition of Cranial index
1. Noun. Ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull.
Medical Definition of Cranial index
1. The ratio of the maximal breadth to the maximal length of the skull, obtained by the formula: (breadth × 100)/length. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cranial Index
Literary usage of Cranial index
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physical Anthropology of the Lenape Or Delawares, and of the Eastern Indians by Aleš Hrdlička (1916)
"cranial index The distribution of the most important characteristic of the skulls,
the cranial index, will be more clearly apparent from the next table. ..."
2. Evolution and the War by Peter Chalmers Mitchell (1915)
"If a skull were as broad as it was long, the cranial index would be 100 ; if it
... A head with a cranial index of about 70, such as might be seen in an ..."
3. Origin and Character of the British People by Nottidge Charles Macnamara (1900)
"2 By the term cranial index we mean the measurement of the dry bones forming ...
When the cranial index rises above 80, the head is called brachycephalic, ..."
4. Transactions of the New York State Medical Association for the Year by New York State Medical Association (1891)
"Mr. Horsley's observations have convinced him that the angle varies with the
shape of the head, that is to say, with the cranial index. ..."
5. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"Cranial Vault — Measurements and Indices. cranial index ... These skulls, with
respect to the cranial index, contrast sharply with the neighboring ..."
6. Physical Anthropology of the Lenape Or Delawares, and of the Eastern Indians by Aleš Hrdlička (1916)
"cranial index The distribution of the most important characteristic of the skulls,
the cranial index, will be more clearly apparent from the next table. ..."
7. Evolution and the War by Peter Chalmers Mitchell (1915)
"If a skull were as broad as it was long, the cranial index would be 100 ; if it
... A head with a cranial index of about 70, such as might be seen in an ..."
8. Origin and Character of the British People by Nottidge Charles Macnamara (1900)
"2 By the term cranial index we mean the measurement of the dry bones forming ...
When the cranial index rises above 80, the head is called brachycephalic, ..."
9. Transactions of the New York State Medical Association for the Year by New York State Medical Association (1891)
"Mr. Horsley's observations have convinced him that the angle varies with the
shape of the head, that is to say, with the cranial index. ..."
10. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"Cranial Vault — Measurements and Indices. cranial index ... These skulls, with
respect to the cranial index, contrast sharply with the neighboring ..."
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