Volume : 7, Issue : 8, August - 2018

Role of greater sciatic notch in sex determination

Dr Yuganti Prabhakar Vaidya, Dr Swati G Thamke, Dr Shweta Talhar, Dr Amit Mehta

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Context:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The sciatic notch has been widely used as a sexing criterion in modern humans.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Aims:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">To study characteristic of sciatic notch in 59 no. of hip bones Bhopal region.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Settings and Design:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">was a cross sectional study conducted on 59 hip bones (Male=30, female=29)<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Statistical analysis used: Unpaired t test using Graph Pad Prism software.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Results:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">There was significant difference seen between males and females in all parameters. Differences were very significant for length of posterior segment of greater sciatic notch and posterior angle of greater sciatic notch.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Conclusions: Greater sciatic notch can be used in sex determination. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Length of posterior segment of greater sciatic notch and posterior angle of greater sciatic notch<span style="color:black"> are considered to be better parameters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>