Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

SCOPUS
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2

A Comparative Study of Cranial Capacities in Bheel Tribe & Non-Tribal Population in age Group 20 -25 Years old in Madhya Pradesh

  • Author:
  • Vineet Kumar Gohiya1,
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Jun 1, 2010
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 90 to 92

1Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Index Medical College Hospital and Research centre, Index City, Near Khudel, Nemwar Road, NH 59 A, Indore, (MP), India, 452016

Abstract

It is known that there exists close relationship between cranial capacity and size of the brain. The study was carried on 800 healthy 20 -25 yrs. old (in which each 400 males and females) in Bheel tribe & Non-tribal population of Madhya Pradesh by Lee Pearson's formula. The mean cranial capacity and SD in Bheel males and Bheel females were 1380.52±94.63 cc and 1188.75±91.16 ccrespectively. This study has shown a significant (p<0.05) difference between Bheel tribe and Non-tribal population.

Keywords

Anthropometry, Cranial capacity, Skull, Sex;, Tribe