1Associate Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Tagore Medical College & Hospital, Chennai
2Prof & HOD, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sridev Suman Subharti Medical College & Hospital, Dehradun
3Associate Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Tagore Medical College & Hospital, Chennai
*Correspondance author: K Srinivasulu Associate Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Tagore Medical College & Hospital, Rathinamangalam. Chennai, 600127. E-mail: ksrkpr11@gmail.com
Online published on 27 July, 2017.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of orbital measurements as a tool for sex determination in unidentified skeleton.
Seventy seven (45 male and 32 female) completely undamaged skulls of known sex in book record were used for the study. Five different measurements of both orbits of each skull were recorded. Measurements were made using vernier/sliding callipers (0.01mm). Analysis was done using IBM-Statistical Package for Social sciences (SPSS) version 21. The means between the male and female samples were compared for significance using the Student t-test.
Statistics revealed high significance in four measurements except Inter-orbital Breadth.
Reports on the use of orbit as a tool for sex determination in unidentified human skeleton has been reported in different populations. The present study supports this finding among South Indian population.
Orbit, Sexual dimorphism, Moore-Jansen1, South Indian population
