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Table 6 Metric data of tibiotarsus and fibula bones of ostrich (Struthio camelus)

From: Morphometric studies on the appendicular bony skeleton of the ostriches (Struthio Camelus)

Item of Description

Mean length (cm)

Mean width (cm)

Mean circumference of the shaft (cm)

Tibiotarsus

52.00 ± 0.50

4.50 ± 0.31 (M)

14.00 ± 0.20 (P)

  

5.20 ± 0.25 (P)

11.50 ± 0.15 (MS)

  

3.50 ± 0.15 (D)

6.00 ± 0.20 (D)

Fibula

44.00 ± 0.41

1.32 ± 0.28(M)

1.72 ± 0.24(M)