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Scapular glenoid breadth

The anteroposterior or superoinferior diameter of the glenoid fossa on the scapula. Sexually dimorphic; discriminant functions by Dittrick and Suchey (1986) achieve approximately 75-80 per cent sex classification accuracy. Used when proximal upper limb elements survive but femur is absent.

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