Do you know What is Hepburn Osteometric Board??

Hepburn Osteometric Board

                        

·        It is an instrument used to measure the length of long bones.

·        It has a rectangular base with a ruler fixed along one of its long sides,

·        An upright is fixed at one end of the board and a second one slides along the board.

·        Bone is placed with one of its ends along the fixed upright and the movable upright is brought up to the other end of the bone. The distance between the uprights is the length of the long bone,

·        Stature can be calculated from the length of long bones and used for identification. Femur and tibia give more accurate values compared to humerus and radius.