DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2013.v01i04.018

Pages: 288-290

The examination of the upper and lower limb asymmetries can be useful to medical anthropologists, archeologists, forensic experts and for medico legal studies. We were collected 100 dry human humeri of unknown sex from department of SVIMS University & SVMC, Tirupati. Each humerus was measured for 14 parameters by using Osteometric board and sliding caliper. The parameters and their values are statistically verified and analyzed. The results revealed that values of the parameters were higher in males than those of females with mere significant (p<0.001). Every parameter was independent of others and contributes certain percentage of certainty to decide the sex of unknown humerus. The present study reveals that humeri of unknown gender can be sexed to the extent of 75-80% with above measured parameters which gives knowledge about the sex determination of unknown.