Articlegold2015

Sex determination using mastoid process

Jigyasa Passey · Suniti Raj Mishra · Rahul Soloman Singh · K Sushobhna · Shailendra Pal Singh · Priyanka Sinha

21 citations0/0 files storedAsian Journal of Medical Sciences

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Morphological variations and asymmetry Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits

Abstract

Objective: Osteometric studies using individual bones have been a topic of interest among researchers. Such researches are a tool for conducting studies related to evolution, demographic profiles and forensic sciences. Skull is important in this regard as it resists adverse environmental conditions over time. The mastoid process can thus be used as a marker of sex as well as ancestry of individuals and populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of mastoid process as a tool for sex determination in unidentified skeleton. Materials and Methods: 70 (44 male and 26 female) complete undamaged skulls of known sex were used for the study. Mastoid length was recorded on the right and left mastoid process in each skull. Measurements were made with a digital vernier caliper. Results: Statistics revealed high significance (p<0.0001) for the mastoid length for sex determination. Conclusion: Reports on the use of mastoid process as a tool for sex estimation in unidentified human skeleton have been reported in different populations. The present study supports this finding among the Indian population.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v6i6.12406 Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.6(6) 2015 93-95

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 21 citations exist upstream.

References

1969A newly developed visual method of sexing the os pubis 1963Sex determination by discriminant function analysis of crania 1950A study of the differences between male and female skulls 2003The identification of a dismembered human body: a multidisciplinary approach 1996Sex Determination by Discriminant Function Analysis of the Petrous Portion of the Temporal Bone 2010Determination of Sex from Mastoid Process By Discriminant Function Analysis 1966The craniology of the aborigines of coastal New South Wales 1962Sex Difference in the Shape of the Mastoid Process in Norma occipitalis and its Importance to the Sex Determination of the Human Skull

Cited by

2020Comparison of data mining algorithms for sex determination based on mastoid process measurements using cone-beam computed tomography

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.