Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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Background: Clavicle, a modified long bone of human body is itself unique by its position and feature. This is not only the connecting link between axial and appendicular skeleton but also way to identify gender. In the field of observational science every observation adds some more findings to build up knowledge. Hence anthropometric study on wet clavicle specimen in Bengalese to find out significant gender difference is expected to add some more to the sea of information in hand. Aims: To differentiate gender from measurements of length of clavicle, diameter and breadth of sternal and acromial ends of clavicle. Materials and Method: 60 Male and 40 Female wet specimens of clavicle are obtained from Departments of Anatomy and Forensic and State Medicine of Burdwan and Murshidabad Medical Colleges. They are dried and measured with the help of osteometric board, sliding callipers, graduated scale and copper wire. For statistical analysis SPSS (20.0 version) software has been used. Result: Gender determination could be done correctly in 17% of right male, 7% of left male, 20% of right female and 40% of left female clavicles. The sternal end diameter is found to be statistically highly significant (p <0.001) in differentiating the sex of male and female clavicles. Acromial breadth however did not show statistically significant difference among male and female. Conclusion: Clavicle is a medicolegally important and useful tool for gender determination on comparative study.
How to cite this article:
Subhojit Mondal, Oyndrila Sengupta, Mithu Paul and Subhajit Halder. Sex differentiation from anthropometric measurements of adult clavicle in Bengalee population.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.10.141.145
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.59218/makrjms.2023.10.141.145