1Assistant Professor, Forensic Medicine, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Naganur, Karimnagar
2Assistant Professor, Forensic Medicine, Sree Gokulam Medical College, Venjaramoodu, Thiruvananthauram
3Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, MRMCG, Gulbarga
*Address for Correspondence: Dr. Raghavendra K M Assistant Professor in, Forensic Medicine, Sree Gokulam Medical College, Venjaramoodu, Thiruvananthauram-695607 E mail; kmraghu21@gmail.com Phone: 09633295234
Online published on 7 February, 2017.
Determination of sex from the skeletal remains is of medico-legal importance for establishing the identity of a deceased. The order of reliability of identifying the male bones in the current study is length of auricular surface and auricular index. Though almost all elements of human skeleton, show some degrees of sexual dimorphism, Sacrum shows characteristic sexual differences which have obstetric, forensic and anthropologic application. In the current study 200 sacral bones of known sex from Hyderabad Karnataka region were studied noting various parameters like width of sacrum, length of la & auricular surface of sacrum, transverse diameter of S1 deriving Alar index & auricular index. It is established that in the current study order of reliability in identifying female bone is alar index and transverse diameter of S1 & in male bones is length of auricular surface and auricular index. The most useful parameter for identifying sex in present study is length of auricular surface.
Alar index, Auricular index, Sexual dimorphism
