1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Madah Medical College, Chennai, Karnataka-586103
2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Shri B.M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka
3Post Graduate, Department of Anatomy, J. J. M. Medical College, Davangere
Identification of person is the first step to solve crime. In identification determination of sex is primary characteristic along with age and stature. The determination of deceased sex is first step in skeletal analysis since estimation of age at death, race, stature depends on sex of deceased. In this study various measurements of sacra of Chennai region, available in the Department of Anatomy, Madha medical college Chennai are taken. The demarking points of various parameters are calculated and the percentage of bones identified by D.P. was also recorded. The results were compared with the available literature. It is found that the demarking point of length of sacrum is most reliable in sexing of sacra. Though, the Demarking Point (D.P) of a single parameter may not identify sex in all the bones but the accuracy is almost 100% in the bones, which are identified.
Parameters of Sacrum, Demarking point, Sex
