DETERMINATION OF SEX IN NORTH INDIAN POPULATION USING MASTOIDALE, ASTERION AND PORION (MAP) TRIANGLE

Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2017

Dr. Gopal Gupta, Dr Manisha Sinha, Dr. Namrata Katoch, Dr Kamalpreet, Dr Parul Upadhayay

Introduction

Sex determination is an important part of medicolegal concern in forensic and

Anthropological studies for individual identification.

Objective

Main aim of this study is to compare post lateral cranial morphology between male and

female skull.

Material and Method

A total of 80 adult dry skull (55male and 25 female) from department of Anatomy in PGIMS,

Rohtak were used for study with me help of automate digital Vernier calliper.

The mean, SD, maximum and minimal, geometric mean, area of MAP triangle and sexual

dimorphism ratio were computed and compared between male and females.

Result

The male parameters were significantly (P<0.05) higher then female parameters but there is

no significance difference in Right and Left side of male and female.

Conclusion

The skull is most commonly site for sexual dimorphisms in human Skeleton and MAP

Triangle can be additive value in finding the gender determination of unknown skeleton