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  2. Human head - Wikipedia

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    The horizontal distance from the tip of the nose (pronasale) to the back of the head. Men 20.0 20.5 22.0 23.2 23.9 Women 19.2 19.7 21.0 22.2 22.8 Head length 13 The maximum length of the head; measured from the most anterior point of the forehead between the brow ridges (glabella) to the back of the head (occiput). Men 18.0 18.5 19.7 20.9 21.3 ...

  3. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    An average person is generally 7-and-a-half heads tall (including the head). An ideal figure, used when aiming for an impression of nobility or grace, is drawn at 8 heads tall. A heroic figure, used in the depiction of gods and superheroes, is eight-and-a-half heads tall. Most of the additional length comes from a bigger chest and longer legs.

  4. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    The number of cases was 57,574, with an average age of 48 years and a median age of 47 years. They were all over 18 years old at the time of the investigation. Regardless of age, urbanity or rurality, ethnic groups, or provinces, the average height of males was 169.60 cm, while the average height of females was 158.88 cm.

  5. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Human height. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2][3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system. [4][5] In the early ...

  6. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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    Excess or reduced body weight is regarded as an indicator of determining a person's health, with body volume measurement providing an extra dimension by calculating the distribution of body weight. Average adult human weight varies by continent, from about 60 kg (130 lb) in Asia and Africa to about 80 kg (180 lb) in North America, with men on ...

  7. List of human-based units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Cun - width of the human thumb, at the knuckle. Dactylos - Ancient Greek finger breadth. Digit - length of a human finger. Digitus - Ancient Roman digit. Etzba - fingerbreadth. Fathom - the distance between the fingertips of a human's outstretched arms. Finger.

  8. File:Birth to 36 months boys head circumference clinical ...

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    File:Birth to 36 months boys head circumference clinical growth chart.pdf. File. File history. File usage. Metadata. Size of this JPG preview of this PDF file: 463 × 599 pixels. Other resolutions: 185 × 240 pixels | 371 × 480 pixels | 593 × 768 pixels | 1,275 × 1,650 pixels. Original file ‎ (1,275 × 1,650 pixels, file size: 49 KB, MIME ...

  9. Cephalic index - Wikipedia

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    Cephalic index. The cephalic index or cranial index is a number obtained by taking the maximum width (biparietal diameter or BPD, side to side) of the head of an organism, multiplying it by 100 and then dividing it by their maximum length (occipitofrontal diameter or OFD, front to back). The index was once used to categorize human beings in the ...