OBSERVATIONS ON THE DIGITAL TYPES IN CHINESE
- VernacularTitle:中国人指型的观察从指远端相对长论指型
- Author:
Gwangtsi HO
;
Shinchen CHUNG
;
Chengtsin LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Acta Anatomica Sinica
1953;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The variations of the distal extent of fingers were observed on 700 Chinese youths, male and female were in equal numbers. The relative lengths of the ring finger and index finger could be classified into three types. Type Ⅰ, the index was longer than the ring finger in 13.9%; type Ⅱ, the ring finger was longer than the index in 78.8%; type Ⅲ, the ring finger was of equal length with the index in 7.4%. The higher percentage of longer index was found in females than in males. Comparison was made with the reports from some other countries, and the characteristic of the longer index was found more prominent in Canadian and American males than in Chinese and Japanese males. The distance from the tip of the index or ring finger, to the level which crosses the tip of middle finger was measured. The results coincide with the above observations. Regarding the observations on the little finger, there was significant difference between males and females. The short little fingers occurred in greater numbers (74.9%) in females than in males. In comparison with the results from H. Blincoe, short little finger seems to be a physical characteristic of the Chinese females. Concerning the conditions of the relative lengths of the index, ring, and little fingers on both hands, the absolute symmetry was present in 58.3%, and complete asymmetry in only 4.6%. The incomplete symmetry and asymmetry were found to be present in 22.7% and 14.4% respectively, and significant difference was noted between males and females.
