1Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Sedam Road, Mahadevappa Rampure, Marg, Gulbarga
2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Madha Medical College, Chennai
Online published on 7 August, 2013.
Various measurements of sacra of Chennai region, available in the Department of Anatomy, Madha medical college Chennai were taken and the various indices of sacrum were calculated. The demarking points of various parameters were calculated and the percentage of bones identified by D.P. was also recorded. The results were compared with the available literature. It was found that the demarking points of length of sacrum and the sacral index were 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 100% in the bones, which are identified.
Sacral Index, Corpobasal Index, Demarking Point
