Morphometrical considerations on occipital condyles.

From the study of the surface area of the occipital condyles and of skull volume resulted that the surface area is not proportional to skull volume. The measurements were conducted on a collection of 424 male and 317 female skulls. It was observed that the two condyles are rarely symmetrical and that also flat condyles appear. Bi-partitioned condyles can be divided into three types: roof-like bipartitions, simple bipartitions and total bipartitions.