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Determination of Sex from Upper End of Humerus
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Identification of sex from remains of skeleton is an important demographic assessment in medico legal investigations and anatomists are frequently consulted by law enforcement authorities for it. Present study is conducted on 50 human humeri (all are dry, and undamaged. 25 are male and 25 are female) Five parameters are studied. The mean values of all parameters are significantly higher in males than in females (P<0.001) with univariate analysis. Not a single parameter gives us an idea of sex of humerus with 100% accuracy. The single best parameter is CA (Circumference of anatomical neck of humerus) with an accuracy of 64 % in males and 68 % in females.
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Identification of sex from remains of skeleton is an important demographic assessment in medico legal investigations and anatomists are frequently consulted by law enforcement authorities for it. Present study is conducted on 50 human humeri (all are dry, and undamaged. 25 are male and 25 are female) Five parameters are studied. The mean values of all parameters are significantly higher in males than in females (P<0.001) with univariate analysis. Not a single parameter gives us an idea of sex of humerus with 100% accuracy. The single best parameter is CA (Circumference of anatomical neck of humerus) with an accuracy of 64 % in males and 68 % in females.
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This page is a summary of: Determination of Sex from Upper End of Humerus, Indian Journal of Anatomy, January 2017, Red Flower Publication Private, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.21088/ija.2320.0022.6117.10.
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