Sex Determination Using Morphometric and Morphological Dimensions of the Clavicle within the KwaZulu-Natal Population

Sex determination plays an essential role in forensic anthropology in the identification of an individual from skeletal remains. The aim of the study was to determine sex of an individual using the clavicle in a KwaZulu-Natal population. Various morphometric and morphological parameters were measure...

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Autores principales:	Ishwarkumar,S, Pillay,P, Haffajee,M. R, Rennie,C
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2016
Materias:	Clavicle Clavicular length Mid-shaft circumference Sex determination
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220160001000352016-05-02Sex Determination Using Morphometric and Morphological Dimensions of the Clavicle within the KwaZulu-Natal PopulationIshwarkumar,SPillay,PHaffajee,M. RRennie,C Clavicle Clavicular length Mid-shaft circumference Sex determination Sex determination plays an essential role in forensic anthropology in the identification of an individual from skeletal remains. The aim of the study was to determine sex of an individual using the clavicle in a KwaZulu-Natal population. Various morphometric and morphological parameters were measured using 100 clavicles of known sex (66 male and 34 female) and age (range 2595 years). The mean maximum length, mid-shaft circumference and maximum breadth of the sternal and acromial ends of the male clavicles were greater in females. However, the mean medial curve of the clavicle was greater in females than in males on both sides, and on the right side the female clavicles also had a greater mean lateral curve than the males. The maximum length and mid-shaft circumference alone could be used to predict sex with an accuracy of 89 %. Therefore, the provision of morphometric data pertaining to the clavicle may assist forensic investigators, anthropologists and anatomists to sex the clavicle.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.34 n.1 20162016-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022016000100035en10.4067/S0717-95022016000100035
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topic	Clavicle Clavicular length Mid-shaft circumference Sex determination
spellingShingle	Clavicle Clavicular length Mid-shaft circumference Sex determination Ishwarkumar,S Pillay,P Haffajee,M. R Rennie,C Sex Determination Using Morphometric and Morphological Dimensions of the Clavicle within the KwaZulu-Natal Population
description	Sex determination plays an essential role in forensic anthropology in the identification of an individual from skeletal remains. The aim of the study was to determine sex of an individual using the clavicle in a KwaZulu-Natal population. Various morphometric and morphological parameters were measured using 100 clavicles of known sex (66 male and 34 female) and age (range 2595 years). The mean maximum length, mid-shaft circumference and maximum breadth of the sternal and acromial ends of the male clavicles were greater in females. However, the mean medial curve of the clavicle was greater in females than in males on both sides, and on the right side the female clavicles also had a greater mean lateral curve than the males. The maximum length and mid-shaft circumference alone could be used to predict sex with an accuracy of 89 %. Therefore, the provision of morphometric data pertaining to the clavicle may assist forensic investigators, anthropologists and anatomists to sex the clavicle.
author	Ishwarkumar,S Pillay,P Haffajee,M. R Rennie,C
author_facet	Ishwarkumar,S Pillay,P Haffajee,M. R Rennie,C
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title	Sex Determination Using Morphometric and Morphological Dimensions of the Clavicle within the KwaZulu-Natal Population
title_short	Sex Determination Using Morphometric and Morphological Dimensions of the Clavicle within the KwaZulu-Natal Population
title_full	Sex Determination Using Morphometric and Morphological Dimensions of the Clavicle within the KwaZulu-Natal Population
title_fullStr	Sex Determination Using Morphometric and Morphological Dimensions of the Clavicle within the KwaZulu-Natal Population
title_full_unstemmed	Sex Determination Using Morphometric and Morphological Dimensions of the Clavicle within the KwaZulu-Natal Population
title_sort	sex determination using morphometric and morphological dimensions of the clavicle within the kwazulu-natal population
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2016
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022016000100035
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Sex Determination Using Morphometric and Morphological Dimensions of the Clavicle within the KwaZulu-Natal Population

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