THE USE OF REGRESSIVE EQUATIONS IN EXAMINATION OF BONE REMAINS OF A FETUS
The authors describe the practical case of examination of human fetal bone remains. One of the main parts of bone remains examination, including fetuses and newborns bone remains, is to determine the age. In this type of examinations the age is defined by the body length of the fetus, because there is a certain dependence between length, weight and age at the normal fetal development. This dependence makes it possible to determine the duration of fetal life using the existing mathematical formulas and equations. To define the fetal age, the body length and weight the method developed by G. Eisen was used. This method is based on the defining the size of the calvaria bones. By this method the duration of intrauterine fetal life is determined by solving the regression equation, using the decimal logarithm.