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Hair Patterns of the Scalp, Face and Neck in North Indian Males


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1 Deptt. of Forensic Medicine, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar, India
2 Deptt. of Anatomy, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar, India
3 Deptt. of Pharmacology, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar, India
4 Deptt. of Anatomy, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar, India
     

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Hair patterns of the scalp, face and neck have been studied in a random sample of 135 healthy, North Indian males, ranging from 18 to 45 years of age. The results show that totopilose (59.25%) scalps, minimo-pilose (63.7%) faces, anterior cervical apilosity (74.07%) and transcervical (48.14%) distribution of the posterior cervical hair are commonest. Apilosity of the anterior cervical region is chiefly correlated with circumareolosternal (37.78%) type of the chest hair. Occurrence of most of the hair patterns in a wide age range emphasizes the value of this type of study in classifying the human groups and working out the secular trends of a population.

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Totopilose, Minimo-pilose, Apilosity, Transcervical, Circumareolo-sternal.
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  • Hair Patterns of the Scalp, Face and Neck in North Indian Males

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Authors

B. S. Khurana
Deptt. of Forensic Medicine, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar, India
Anupama Mahjan
Deptt. of Anatomy, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar, India
Rahat Sharma
Deptt. of Pharmacology, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar, India
A. P. S. Batra
Deptt. of Anatomy, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar, India

Abstract


Hair patterns of the scalp, face and neck have been studied in a random sample of 135 healthy, North Indian males, ranging from 18 to 45 years of age. The results show that totopilose (59.25%) scalps, minimo-pilose (63.7%) faces, anterior cervical apilosity (74.07%) and transcervical (48.14%) distribution of the posterior cervical hair are commonest. Apilosity of the anterior cervical region is chiefly correlated with circumareolosternal (37.78%) type of the chest hair. Occurrence of most of the hair patterns in a wide age range emphasizes the value of this type of study in classifying the human groups and working out the secular trends of a population.

Keywords


Totopilose, Minimo-pilose, Apilosity, Transcervical, Circumareolo-sternal.

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