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
  • 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

*Email: vkgohiya@gmail.com

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