Study of Cranial Capacity & Its Sexual Dimorphism in Adult Human Skulls
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2018-07
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Society for Health Care & Research Development
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Background: Like other body dimensions, Cranial capacity of skull are affected by geographical, racial, gender and age factor. Intention of this study is to know the gender variations of cranial capacities in available human skulls of north Indian region. Aims and objectives: To measure the cranial capacities and its sexual dimorphism in the available skulls which may be helpful to establish the sex of a person from remains of skeletal?. Methods: 200 dry human skulls (110 male & 90 female) were obtained from the anthropology museum of the Dept. of Anatomy, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur (U.P) & SGRR institute of medical &Health Sciences, Dehradun (U.K). Cranial capacity was measured by filling and packing method in which mustard seeds were used to avoid the error as their smaller size clay was used as a packing material to avoid the spillage of seeds from any aperture or foramina. Intact & undamaged Adult skulls were included while those which were having ambiguity of sex, broken or damaged were excluded. Results: The mean cranial capacity of male skulls was observed to be 1280.28 ± 68.20 cc (range 1200-1410 cc) and those of female skulls were observed to be 1167.32± 42.18 cc (range 1150-1380cc). Conclusion: The mean cranial capacity of males is higher than that of the females. Filling and packing method is one of the most reliable Cranio-metric methods to be used for measuring the cranial capacity of skull and determination of sex.
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Singh Jaspreet, Kumar Suchit, Anurag. Morphometric Study of Orientation of Superior Articular Facets of Thoracolumbar Vertebral Column in North Indian Population. Annals of International medical and Dental Research. 2018 Jul; 4(4): 29-33