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IJSR

International Journal of Scientific Research

2277 - 8179

Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research

ijsr-8-2-18080

Original Research Paper

Morphometric study of ear concha in medical students of Jammu & Kashmir.

Khurshid

Dr. Arish

Nazir Shora

Dr.

February 2019

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INTRODUCTION: Concha is the deepest depression in auricle which further leads to external auditory canal. Many current products are being designed to ït within the concha of the human ear so there is dire need to work on ear anthropometry especially concha measurements.

MATERIAL AND METHOD: The present study was conducted in SKIMS MCH, Srinagar on 50 subjects [25 females and 25 males] aged 18 to 22 year of Jammu &Kashmir, on simple random basis with prior informed consent.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The study provides mean values of Conchal height , Conchal width and Conchal index in males and females of jammu and Kashmir .Sexual dimorphism was seen , Males having more Conchal height than females, while females have wider concha .Racial dimorphism was observed when present values were compared with previous studies.