A. S. M Mashrurul Haque1, Hamida Khatun2, Iffath Jahan3, Md. Akhtar-Uz-Zaman4, Rifat Jahan5, Mahin Motaleb6, Md. Ashraful Kabir7
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, North East Medical College, Sylhet.
2. Professor & Head, Department of Anatomy, North East Medical College, Sylhet.
3. Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, North East Medical College, Sylhet.
4. Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, North East Medical College, Sylhet.
5. Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Parkview Medical College, Sylhet.
6. Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Ahsania Mission Medical College, Dhaka.
7. Associate Professor, OSD, DGHS, Deputation in CME, Dhaka.
Abstract
Sex determination is necessary for the identification of unknown human from skeletal remains. Sexual dimorphic characters of femur can be studied both morphologically and metrically. Estimation of sexual dimorphism by morphometric analysis of femur is utmost important to establish a data in Bangladeshi population. The present study was conducted to establish the values of head vertical diameter of dry adult right human femur of Bangladeshi population to observe the gender differences. For this purpose, hundred (100) right femur, out of which 49 (49.0%) male and 51 (51.0%) female which are used for academic purpose was collected and a descriptive observational study was performed on Department of Anatomy, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet fulfilling the inclusion criteria during the period of July 2018 to June 2019. Samples with any fragment or distortion were excluded. The head vertical diameter of femur was measured from the superior most point to the inferior most point on the border of articular surface of head by digital slide caliper and recorded. Then the sex was determined by discriminant function analysis technique The values of the mean head vertical diameter were significantly greater in male (5.41± 0.49 cm) than female (4.03±0.14 cm) (p<0.001).
Key Words: Femur, Head vertical diameter, Sex determination.