Abstract
Anthropometry is a scientific methods for taking various measurements of body parts and observation on the living subjects, which play an important role in distinguishing a pure race. The nose is a person's most defining feature because it is at the center of the face. The shape of the nose is a signature indicating the ethnicity, race, age and sex. The aim of this study is to document the mean nasal length, nasal width and nasal index of adult male Santhals and Bengalis in Bangladesh, which provides a comprehensive data for comparisons between each other and with the other ethnic group. Santhals, our study subjects living in the northwest part of Bangladesh, are usually recognized as an ethnic community. Because the Santhals have separate identity and their physical appearance is distinctive to some extent. The study, descriptive, observational and cross sectional is nature, was carried out in the Department of Anatomy, Rangpur Medical College, Rangpur, during the season of July, 2011 to June, 2012. A total number of 100 adult male Santhals and 100 adult male Bengalis were included from different location of Rangur and Dinajpur districts. Nasal length and nasal width were measured using sliding caliper and nasal index was calculated. Unpaired t-test was used to compare the measurement. The mean nose length of the Bengalis were significantly higher than the Santhals but the mean of nose width were significantly higher in Santhals than Bengalis. Most of the Santhals were mesorrhine, but most of the Bengalis were leptorrhine.Mediscope Vol. 2, No. 2: July 2015, Pages 28-32
Highlights
Anthropometry concern with the measurements of the physical size and shape of the human body
The study subjects consisted of a random sample of 100 adult male Santhals and 100 adult male Bengalis, age between 25 to 45 years, residing at different location of Mithapukur and Badarganj of Rangpur District and Parbatipur, Nawabgong and Birampur of Dinajpur districts
The Santhals were in below medium (59%) followed by above medium (25%), but the Bengalis were in above medium (40%) and large (44%) (Fig. 1)
Summary
Anthropometry concern with the measurements of the physical size and shape of the human body. Craniofacial anthropometry is an important technique used in both physical and clinical anthropology. It is very important for the study of human growth and variation in different races and for clinical diagnosis and treatment.[1] Several studies have investigated the anthropometric characteristics of the different ethnic groups.[2]. Information is scarce on the anthropometric status of various tribal population and there is no any craniofacial measurement or research data among the Santhals population in Bangladesh.
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