A study on tongue rolling, tongue folding and cerumen type in a Nigeria population
| Autor: | Ebeye Oladunni Abimbola |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
education.field_of_study Wax business.industry Population Significant difference Dentistry Variation Genetics Inheritance tongue rolling tongue folding cerumen type Tongue rolling Biology medicine.anatomical_structure Tongue visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health business education |
| Zdroj: | Anatomy Journal of Africa; Vol 8, No 2 (2019); 1540-1543 |
| ISSN: | 2226-6054 2305-9478 |
| Popis: | This study investigated Variation in cerumen type, tongue rolling and tongue folding abilities of the Esan people of Southern Nigeria. This cross-sectional survey investigated 400 volunteered adult subjects (176 males and 224 females) between the ages of 18 and 60 whose parents and grandparents were of Esan ethnicity. The tongue and ear wax type were observed and examined physically thus classifying subjects into rollers/none-rollers, folders/none-folders and dry or wet cerumen type. Results indicates that tongue rollers (72.9%) were more than non-rollers (27.3%), in the same vein, tongue folders (68.3%) were also more than non-folders (31.7%) in the studied population. A larger percentage of the population also had wet ear wax (65%) while (35%) had dry ear wax. The chisquared analysis of variance showed that there is a significant difference (P |
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