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A Study of Measurements between Ileum and Ischium as Determinants of the Sex of the Human Hip Bone


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Identification of sex of an individual from human skeletal remains is of great medicolegal significance. The hip bone is considered as an ideal bone for sex determination as it provides the highest accuracy levels for sex determination. The present study was done with an aim to find out important measurements between ileum and ischium that will significantly differentiate the sex of hip bone. For the study 65 hip bones(35 male and 30 female) of known sex were obtained from the department of Anatomy of BLDEA's Shri B. M. Patil Medical College Hospital and Research centre Bijapur. Three parameters used were distance between posterior inferior iliac spine to ischial spine, distance between posterior inferior iliac spine to superior border of ischial tuberosity and distance between posterior superior iliac spine to ischial spine which were measured using vernier caliper. In the present study significant statistical difference was seen in between the mean values of all the three parameters of male and female hip bones on both the sides.

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Hip Bone, Ileum, Ischium, Sex Determination, Parameters
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Vijayeendra Kanabur
Department of Anatomy, Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka, India

Abstract


Identification of sex of an individual from human skeletal remains is of great medicolegal significance. The hip bone is considered as an ideal bone for sex determination as it provides the highest accuracy levels for sex determination. The present study was done with an aim to find out important measurements between ileum and ischium that will significantly differentiate the sex of hip bone. For the study 65 hip bones(35 male and 30 female) of known sex were obtained from the department of Anatomy of BLDEA's Shri B. M. Patil Medical College Hospital and Research centre Bijapur. Three parameters used were distance between posterior inferior iliac spine to ischial spine, distance between posterior inferior iliac spine to superior border of ischial tuberosity and distance between posterior superior iliac spine to ischial spine which were measured using vernier caliper. In the present study significant statistical difference was seen in between the mean values of all the three parameters of male and female hip bones on both the sides.

Keywords


Hip Bone, Ileum, Ischium, Sex Determination, Parameters

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