Volume : 7, Issue : 5, May - 2018

Presence of cheek dimple and Absence of Palmaris longus-a population survey.

Anuradha Kamath, Yashaswini S. V, Anushree I. R, V. S. Pare, Jyothi S. R, Praveen Shenoy

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Arial Rounded MT Bold&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Aldhabi"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>The study was conducted in KVG group of institutions, sullia.900 boys and girls were subjected to the study. The literature variation of absence of palmarislongus shows as low as 3% to as high as 27%.in Indian population.in our study the absence of <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>Palmaris longus <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>contribute to 11.55% .more interestingly we also noted the presence of cheek dimples in as high has 50% in people with absence of Palmaris longus. We conclude that one in two or three will have a bifid zygomaticus major who has absence of Palmaris tendon, best demonstrated in living than in cadaveric study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>