Table 3.
Means and standard deviations of posterior ascending rami and posterior descending rami of the sylvian fissure
| Posterior Ascending Ramus (mm) | Posterior Descending Ramus (mm) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEFT | RIGHT | L > R | R > L | LEFT | RIGHT | L > R | R > L | ||
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| Mean | 7.14 | 7.19 | 7.32 | 7.64 | |||||
| Cadaver specimens | SD | 3.81 | 3.66 | 2.44 | 2.53 | ||||
| N | 15 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 8 | |||
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| Mean | 7.23 | 7.41 | 9.32 | 8.32 | |||||
| 1.5 Tesla in vivo | SD | 2.42 | 2.27 | 3.88 | 2.86 | ||||
| N | 32 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 19 | 13 | |||
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| Mean | 6.26 | 7.71 | 10.31 | 7.86 | |||||
| 3 Tesla in vivo | SD | 3.30 | 3.03 | 4.26 | 2.26 | ||||
| N | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | |||
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| Mean | 7.02 | 7.41 | 8.99 | 8.06 | |||||
| Entire Sample | SD | 2.97 | 2.78 | 3.74 | 2.65 | ||||
| N | 58 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 34 | 24 | |||
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| Mean | 5.40 | 7.27 | 9.02 | 9.44 | |||||
| Gannon et al. (2005) | SD | 2.87 | 2.70 | 4.24 | 2.94 | ||||
| N | 23 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 11 | |||