INCIDENCE OF WORMIAN BONE IN HUMAN SKULLS IN RAJASTHAN

Autor:	Anita E. Chand, Sumit Gupta, Pratima Jaiswal, P. K. Saraswat, William F. Masih
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Age groups business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) medicine Wormian bones Dentistry Autopsy business Suture closure Surgery
Zdroj:	Journal of Evolution of medical and Dental Sciences. 2:1001-1004
ISSN:	2278-4802 2278-4748
Popis:	Wormian bones are formations associated with insufficient growth at suture closure and are regarded as epigenetic and hypostatic traits. There exists racial variation in its incidence. AIM : To find the incidence of wormian bone and compare with other study. MATERIAL AND METHOD : This was autopsy study on 150 dead bodies of both sexes of all age groups. RESULT - Incidence of wormian bone in Rajasthan was 4.7 % (4.1% in males & 3.6 % in females). This is comparable with study in other part of India & abroad and it is in accordance with racial variation. CONCLUSION - knowledge of wormian bone is important to neuroanatomist, neurosurgeon, radiologist, anthropologist and morphologist.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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