Morphometric determination of healthy young female's auricles

Abstract

Objective To investigate auricle index difference in Henan residents, and to provide an additional reference for otoplasty. Methods Subjects were made up 266 healthy young of Henan residents. Their height, weight, total head height, maximum head length, maximum head breadth, vertex to tragion height, physiognomic ear breadth, morphological ear breadth, physiognomic ear length and morphological ear length were measured and calculated. All the data were analyzed by SPSS 15.0 software. Results We obtained the means, standard deviation of each items, and data were treated statistically. Height (162.9±4.1) ㎝, weight (55.3±6.5) ㎏, total head height (18.6±1.0) ㎝, maximum head length (17.0±0.7) ㎝, maximum head breadth (14.1±0.8) ㎝, vertex to tragion height (11.9±0.7) ㎝, physiognomic ear length (6.2±0.4) ㎝, morphological ear breadth (4.9±0.6) ㎝, physiognomic ear breadth (3.3±0.3) ㎝ and morphological ear length (2.9±0.3) ㎝ were determined. The differences among the indices mentioned above were of statistical significance (P 0.05). Conclusions Subjects of different height and weight have different total head height; hence, the indices are related to body height and weight. Subjects of different height have different vertex to tragion height, length-height index of the head and breadth-height index of the head. This study has certain reference values on analyzing the characteristics of the human and auricle cosmetology of henan young females. Key words: Female; Auricle; Measurement