1. Using the femur to determine:
Sex
Race
Age
Page 9
Page 29 figures 25,26

2. Femur (upper leg bone)
Femur
Page 9 step 1
Page 29 figure 25

3. Femoral head
Page 9 step 1
Figure 26 number 35

4. Femur head measurement
Femur head vertical diameter
Page 9, step 1
Figure 26 number 35

5. Bicondylar width of femur
Internal condyle
External condyle
Figure 25
Page 9, step 2

6. Bicondylar width
Measurement is taken here

7. Length of femur From internal condyle To head of femur
Figure 25, number 28
Figure 25, number 34
Page 9, step 3

8. Readings taken in centimeters

9. Femur Race Determination Using Femur Figure 25 number 32
Page 9, number 1

10. Race determination using a femur
Hand fits under femur, Negroid race eliminated
Page 9, step 1 Race

11. Age determination using the femur
Use Table 9 to
determine
approximate age
Page 9 step 1 Age

12. Greater trochanter First appears about age 4 Page 29 Figure 25
Number 30
Data table 9
First appears about age 4

13. Page 29
Figure 25
Number 31
Data Table 9
Lesser Trochanter

14. Appears about ages 13-14
Lesser Trochanter

15. Epiphyseal union
Appears about age 18
Data Table 9

16. Data Table 9
Condyles fuse with shaft
Appears about age 20