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A Morphometric study of different parameters of greater sciatic notch relation to sexual dimorphism in north Indian population

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Sagun Shukla, Dr. Pawan Kumar Mahato, Dr. Preeti Agarwal, Sumita Shukla

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Introduction: The identification of sex from skeletal remains of great medico-legal and anthropological importance. Hip bone in this feature plays a very important role, especially its large sciatic notch that can be detected early in embryonic development. Materials and method: It's a cross-sectional investigation. Results: In our study mean value of width was found as 4.49+0.44 in male while in female it was 4.84+ 0.48. Mean depth of the sciatic notch was found as 2.78+0.38 in male and 2.96+ 0.39 in female. Conclusion: The sciatic notch was found deeper in males compared to females. Higher reference value compared to female

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