Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: There have been several studies on the human skull, long bones, pelvis, sacrum and manubrium to establish the sex of skeletal remains.If small segment of the bone or small bone is found then it will be very difficult to identify the sex.The present study showed the sternal extremity of the fourth rib can be used in determining the sex by direct metrical analysis of an isolated 4 th rib.The samples (55 males, 39 females) were obtained from individual of known age and sex and three measurements (SI, APW and PD) were taken from each rib.The sample was divided into five groups from less than 15 years to more than 60 years and was analysed by stepwise discriminant function analysis.It was found the specificity of sex determination varied from 50 % to 88.89 % and overall correct classification varied from 60% to 94%.SI was the most reliable followed by APW and APW measurement is most useful criteria for more than 60 year of age.It was therefore concluded that sexual dimorphism can be detected by direct measurement of fourth rib and this dimorphism increases with age Key Words: Identification, Sex Determination, Sternal Rib, Discriminant function Introduction:Identification means absolute fixation of the individuality of a person.Identification of the individual whether living or dead is of paramount importance in day to day practice.After the identity of the individual is established it opens up the channel for successful crime investigation.Even in civil cases identification of a living person is important.Identification can be partial or complete.Partial identification means ascertaining only few facts about the individual's identity while the other facts still remain unknown.In Corpus Delecti, doctors have to establish two facts identity as well as cause of death.In case where the body is skeletonized age and sex determinations are always crucial and problematic especially when incomplete skeleton is received and when there is no other means available to identify the body.
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2278281853