Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF ACROMION PROCESS OF ADULT HUMAN SCAPULA

Dr Manmeet Kour, Dr. Rajinder Kumar, Dr. Mubeen Rashid

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The study was conducted on sixty adult scapulae obtained</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">from the department of Anatomy GMC Jammu.Morphometry of acromion process was done and compared on right and left side. Dimensions of acromion process </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">are of importance to orthopedicians </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">during surgical repair i.e</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt;">acromioplasty and to anthropologists to study evolution of acromia and bipedal gait.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>