1Senior Demonstrator, Dept. of Anatomy, S.B.K.S. Medical College, Sumendeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara (Gujrat), Email: bsntshrm83@gmail.com
2Senior Demonstrator, Dept. of Anatomy, Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan. Email: bsntshrm83@gmail.com, charusharmabks@gmail.com
3Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Geetanjali Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Online published on 29 April, 2015.
Knowledge of the volume of the Cranium of either a dry skull or a living being may be important in the study of the population with fundamental differences like racial ethnic, geographic etc. This information is useful in correlating cranial volume with other cranial measurements. Cranial volume gives nearest approach to the size of brain of the individual and is preferable to the weight of the brain and the orbital capacity or volume is useful in giving anaesthesia. Thus these measurements are important in anthropological, clinical studies and in forensic medicine. We compared the cranial and orbital capacity in our study at Geetanjali Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) Udaipur in year 2011. The mean value of the cranial volume is 1156.13cc with maximum 1430cc and minimum 1010cc. The mean value of orbital volume is 21.29cc with maximum 24.5cc and minimum is 18.0cc. These results were compared with other studies of various authors.
Skull, Cranial volume, Orbital volume, Anthropometry
