Morphometric Study of Tibia in Vidarbha Region

The present study is undertaken on the samples of vidarbha region of Maharashtra with the object to assess the value of different selected measurements of the human tibia in the determination of sex in an individual. The material consists of fully ossified tibia belonging to 68 dissection hall cadavers, out of which 48 were males and 20 females of known sex and stature from Govt.medical College Nagpur, Indira Gandhi medical college Nagpur and Lata Mangeshkar College Nagpur. Five parameters were applied to study the sexual dimorphism. The present study reveals that the maximum width of the upper end of tibia is the best for identification of female in which 40% right female and 40%left female tibia could be identified. The weight is the best discriminant factor for identification of males; in which 14.58% right male and 18.75%left male tibia could be identified. Midshaft circumference, lower end of tibia and length of tibia are also discriminant parameters in order of accuracy.