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Arm span

human.arm_span

status: draft confidence: high reviewer: none (unreviewed)

Citations

ansur_ii_2012forensic_segment_stature

Related variables

human.staturehuman.biological_sex

Record fields

id
human.arm_span
name
Arm span
definition
Fingertip-to-fingertip distance, arms horizontal. A bilateral composite span, not a single anatomical part.
domain
human
system
whole_body
region
whole_body
type
continuous
entity
UBERON:0000468
quality
PATO:0000122
relation
RO:0000053
unit
mm
allowed_range
min
1200
max
2400
distributions
  • model
    normal
    population
    id
    ansur_ii_2012
    name
    US Army (ANSUR II 2012)
    sampling
    military_screened
    sex
    M
    n
    4082
    years
    2012
    source
    ansur_ii_2012
    params
    mean
    1814.2
    sd
    84.6
    unit
    mm
    conditioned_on
    • human.biological_sex
    • human.age
  • model
    normal
    population
    id
    ansur_ii_2012
    name
    US Army (ANSUR II 2012)
    sampling
    military_screened
    sex
    F
    n
    1986
    years
    2012
    source
    ansur_ii_2012
    params
    mean
    1660.3
    sd
    83
    unit
    mm
    conditioned_on
    • human.biological_sex
    • human.age
dependencies
incoming
  • human.stature
  • human.biological_sex
outgoing
(none)
evidence
definition_sources
  • ansur_ii_2012
relationship_sources
  • forensic_segment_stature
confidence
high
status
draft
version
0.1.0
reviewer
notes
ANSUR span; ~1.03x stature (M). Entity = whole organism (composite span); flagged for design review.