Abstract: Four measurements were made on 84 scapulas (66 males and 18 fernales) , i. e. mor phologi cal breadth (X1) , mor phological length (X2) , length of the spine (X3) and length of glenoid cavity (X4) . The data were calculated according to Fisher's method. The results showed that the best discriminant function was X3with X4 (the overall accuracy of sex prediction reached to 97. 62%)

Key words: Scapula; Sex-discrimiant analysis; Qingdao