Abstract
The astonishing task of determining the identity of an individual has been simplified, with the innovation of scientific technologies like DNA fingerprinting in the developed countries. Yet the application of such advanced technologies in developing countries is still a daunting task due to its complexity. Anthropometric analysis for the identification of unknown bodies is reasonably productive owing to its inexpensiveness. The aim of this study was to correlate the anthropometric measurements of the thyroid cartilage with the stature of the individual. Thyroid cartilages from 300 post mortem cases done in native population of Punjab were studied anthropometrically. A total of seventeen anthropometric measurements of selected parameters of thyroid cartilage were defined, measured, and statistically correlated with the body length of the individual. The variables which were significantly correlating with the body length were further analysed by regression analysis for derivation of a regression equation.
Highlights
One of the most important duties of any forensic expert is to determine the identity of an unknown deceased and establishing the same from any dismembered part of body
Various studies, which analysed the anthropometric measurements of thyroid cartilage of males and females, found a significant difference between them and established that sex can be determined from anthropometric measurements of thyroid cartilage [7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]
The body length of the deceased was compared with various parameters of thyroid cartilage and it was found to be significantly correlating with length of right and left thyroid lamina for both gender
Summary
One of the most important duties of any forensic expert is to determine the identity of an unknown deceased and establishing the same from any dismembered part of body. Stature of an individual is an essential requirement for establishing the identity of the individual. Most of the previous studies have relied on the anthropometric measurements of long bones for identifying the stature of an individual. The various well defined anatomical features of thyroid cartilage are quantifiable as anthropometric measurements [1] but it has an added advantage of being in a superficial anatomical location that negates the tedious removal and preparation process that must be done when utilising long bones for stature estimation. There are a few literatures [2,3,4,5,6] that
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