Calvarial thickness and its relation to cranial bone harvest.

Background: The purpose of this study was to define the variability in skull thickness from location to location and from individual to individual in a large number of human skulls.

Method: Skull thickness was measured in multiple areas of the calvaria in 281 dry skulls from the Hamman-Todd osteological collection (Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio). A total of 40 points were determined over the frontal, occipital, and parietal bones, with a higher number of points concentrated on the latter.