Head of the body - Head of the body

…From the floor, the height of the tragus (up to the tragion at the upper edge of the tragus), the height of the upper edge of the sternum, the height of the upper edge of the pubic symphysis, the height of the acromion (up to the point on the outermost edge of the acromion of the scapula), the height of the tip of the middle finger (up to the tip of the middle finger when the arm is naturally hanging down), the height of the anterior iliac spine (up to the anterior superior iliac spine of the hipbone), etc. are measured using a height chart. From these measurements, the length of the upper limbs (acromion height - tip of the middle finger) and the length of the trunk (upper edge of the sternum - anterior iliac spine height) are calculated. The length of the lower limbs is often estimated from the height of the upper edge of the pubic symphysis or the height of the anterior iliac spine. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "body length" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…床面からは耳珠高(耳珠上縁のトラギオンTragionまで)，胸骨上縁高，恥骨結合上縁高，肩峰高(肩甲骨の肩峰の最外側縁の点まで)，中指端高(手腕を自然に下垂した時の中指端まで)，前腸骨棘高(寛骨の上前腸骨棘まで)等を身長計を用いて計測する。これらの計測値から上肢長(肩峰高－中指端高)，軀幹長(胸骨上縁高－前腸骨棘高)を求める。下肢長は恥骨結合上縁高または前腸骨棘高を推定値とすることが多い。…

※「軀幹長」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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