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Introduction: The femur is the largest and strongest bone in the body and the structure of its proximal portionallows the leg to move in three dimensions relative to the torso, thus serving as a linchpin of human mobility.Moreover, age related and pediatric disorders at this skeletal site are common and confer strong risk factors forcurrent and future disability. The femur forms the skeleton of the thigh, carries body weight, supports themovements of leg and provides attachment to the muscles. Morphology of bones is very much affected by race,sex, environmental factors and life style.Materials and Methods: For this study total 285 Femurs of various bodies in central Gujarat were collectedrandomly and unknown age & sex. 285 Femurs were studied in department of Anatomy, Sri B.K.Shah Medicalinstitute & Research Centre. The following measurements were measured Neck shaft angle, Femoral Length andNeck Length of femur.Results and Conlusion: Total mean length of femur was 435.8 ± 27.32 (Mean ± SD ) mm. Right side mean length offemur was 436.2 ± 27.91 (Mean ± SD ) mm. Left side mean length of femur was 433.8 ± 26.14 (Mean ± SD ) mm.Maximum length of femur was 446 mm and minimum length was 423 mm.
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Introduction: Anthropometric techniques have been commonly used to estimate the stature from bones and playan important role in identifying unknown bodies by anthropologists and anatomists for over hundred years.Forensic experts and anthropologists often have a task of identification of sex of skeletal remains which is anaspect of the biological profile of an individual. The humerus is among the long bones which have been found toremain in better condition after the death of the individual and can be used for analysis of sex of the individual.Aim: To assess the role of multivariate analysis of humerus metric parameters for sex differentiation of adultmale and female humerus.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was done on 102 adult human humeri ofknown sex available in the bone bank of the Department of Anatomy, Smt.B.K.Shah Medical institute & ResearchCentre Piparia, Vadodara, Central Gujarat, IndiaResults: A total 102 Adult humerus 64 Male and 38 Female were studied in present study. Twenty five measurementswere taken from each humerus. The accuracy rate for sex determination by discriminant analysis using the fiveparameters i.e., weight, total length, vertical diameter of head, transverse diameter of the head and thecircumference of midshaft of the humerus.