Morphometric Analysis of Endocranial Capacity.
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2014-01
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Background: Endocranial capacity is an important parameter in the study of human evolution, race and sex
determination of skull. Endocranial capacity is an important parameter in the study of racial differences and in
clinical practice for the study of the abnormalities of cranial size, it is one of the most important variable in the
study of the human evolution. The objective of present study is to measure endocranial capacity of skulls.
Materials and Methods: 150 dry skulls and 30 CT scan images of living subjects were studied. Endocranial
capacity of skulls was measured by modified Breitinger’s method and CT scan imaging by planimetry method.
Results: The Mean endocranial capacity of male and female skulls were 1367.3ml and 1255.2ml respectively by
modified Breitinger’smethod and by CT scan image planimetry method were 1347.1ml and 1130ml.
Conclusion: Endocranial capacity of male skulls were greater than females. The knowledge of endocranial
capacities were help in neurosurgical, anthropology and forensic practice.
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Skull, Sex, Endocranial capacity, Race
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Shepur Muralidhar P, Magi M, Nanjundappa B, Havaldar Pavan P, Gogi Premalatha, Saheb Shaik Hussain. Morphometric Analysis of Endocranial Capacity. International Journal of Anatomy and Research. 2014 Jan-Mar; 2(1): 242-248.