INBIOSUR 25013
INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS Y BIOMEDICAS DEL SUR
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Methods for Estimating the Volume of the Tympanic Bulla in the Big Hairy Armadillo Chaetophractus villosus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Dasypodidae)
Autor/es:
CASANAVE, EMMA BEATRIZ; CASANAVE, EMMA BEATRIZ; SIDORKEWICJ,NORA SILVIA; SIDORKEWICJ,NORA SILVIA; BASSO, ANA PAULA; BASSO, ANA PAULA
Revista:
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
Editorial:
Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
Referencias:
Lugar: Temuco; Año: 2017 vol. 35 p. 128 - 132
ISSN:
0717-9367
Resumen:
Two methods of measurement of bullar dimensions (callipers and scaling from digital images) and subsequent application of four volume formulae (rectangular prism, cylinder, ellipse and elliptical cone) were tested to find the most appropriate non-destructive method for estimating the bullar volume in Chaetophractus villosus. Material for the study consisted in clean adult skull (n=22). Real volume was obtained from latex casts of the tympanic bulla. Each estimation was corrected by a factor based on the differences between the estimated and the real volumes. Highest accuracy (5-7 % of underestimation) and precision (coefficient of variation: 13.27 %) were obtained from callipers and application of rectangular prism, cylinder and ellipse formulae. The corresponding correction factors were 0.31, 0.39 and 0.58, respectively.
