Abstract
Introduction: Assessment of human sex from skeletal remains plays a key role in anthropological and medico legal studies. Hence this study was taken to assess the sex form an isolated bone i.e. femur, with as far as possible minimal parameters to ascertain the sex. Subjects and Methods: A study was conducted with 100 non pathological femora. (50male, 50 females ) in different age groups of known sex. The present study was to determine the sex by using 5 parameters i.e Maximum length, Head vertical diameter, Transverse head diameter, Proximal breadth, Distal breadth of the femur has been taken because it gives some useful data in medico legal cases, When only the remains of femur bone were left in deceased individuals. The measurements of femur bone were taken with the help of osteometric board and Vernier calliper. Results: The readings were noticed. The readings were tabulated and subjected to statistical analysis. It was noticed that all the studied parameters were greater in males than in females. Conclusion: The present study on the determination of sex of femora will be more reliable basis for the sex determination because it shows the values in this geographical region. This is believed to be more useful in the investigative procedures in the Forensic Medicine and also in the field of orthopaedics.
Highlights
Assessment of human sex from skeletal remains plays a key role in anthropological and medico legal studies
The current practice whereby criminals dismember the remains of their victims in an attempt to make their identification difficult requires that simple methods of sex determination from fragmented skeletal remains are available to forensic anthropologists and skeletal biologists
Maximum length (ML)- of femur was measured on osteometric board in such a manner that medial condyle touches the shot vertical wall, The moveable cross piece should touch the highest point of the head
Summary
Assessment of human sex from skeletal remains plays a key role in anthropological and medico legal studies. Its length and massiveness themselves being significant in suggesting sex (Krishan Vij, MD, LLB Forensic Medicine and Toxicology 5th edition 2011).[32] On the whole, the bones of a male skeleton are heavier and larger, and markings for the muscular attachments are more pronounced than in the female. This helps in determining the sex of the deceased individual from examination of bones procured from the site. Identification and demarking points have been derived from the diameters of the head of the femur and used o determine the sex of individuals.[23]
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