Abstract: On a series of lateral and post--anterior craniographs of 49 female (aged from 17 to 19years) from Shenyang, some morphological features of the external nose were recorded. Theirrelationship to craniometric dimensions was obtained using multiple stepwise regressions on IBM--PC1 XT computer. Difference between the actual measurement and the estimated valuebased on the regression formula for nasal breath and position of nasal tip this study is less than2mm in 77.5% and 71.43 % respectively. The study offers a method to make the reconstructionmore objective and accurate.

Key words: Han nationality; Physical anthropology; Facial reconstruction; X-ray analysis