The auricular differences with advancement in age and darwinian tubercle in Igbo and Yoruba ethnic groups in Nigerian

Abstract

Background This study was done to determine the differences in mean auricular lengths auricular widths and earlobe lengths of males and females with increase in age prevalence of pendulous and non pendulous earlobes and Darwinian tubercle in the Igbo and Yoruba ethnic groups of the adult Nigerian population Materials and methods These measurements were obtained from females and males from Igbo ethnic group and females and males of the Yoruba ethnic group between ages years Digital vernier calliper was used to measure the different parameters in each individual with confidence interval of the statistic nbsp Results The result showed generally that the auricular length and earlobe lengths increased with an increase in age while the auricular width increased irrespective of the advancement in age Darwinian tubercle in Igbos was Prevalence of pendulous earlobe was and non pendulous earlobe while in Yorubas Darwinian tubercle was Prevalence of pendulous earlobe and non pendulous earlobe was The auricles are asymmetrical and continue to grow throughout life in both sexes nbsp Conclusion Care should be taken in noting the ages and sex of the individuals before surgical practices is been carried out for each auricle nbsp nbsp