To Correlate The Age And Gender Between Living Female Children And Adult Through Measurement Of Different Segment Of Sternum Bone In North Population Of India

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The ideal rule of identification of sex and age is a sever need in medico legal cases. Sternum ismuch more appropriate for detection of sex and age of human beings separately from racial characters.Method: This study has been conducted on the total 100 subjects, 50 female (0-15 yrs) and 50 female (16-60yrs)of healthy people (living children & adults) from general population of north India as well as in and around theLucknow of Uttar Pradesh. The technique described by Ashley GT -1956b was used for measurement of sternum.Discussion: on the basis of observation and result in my present study it was fully supported and agree of theprevious researchers, who has done the work in measurement of sternum bone in cadaver and skeletal of human,because they told that the sterna has distinguish in different zone of India.Result: Comparing the mean length, Student’s t test showed significantly different and higher (8.1%) length ofmanubrium in 16-60 yrs female living adults as compared to 2-15 yrs female living children (44.47 ± 5.79 vs.48.38 ± 5.71, t=3.39, p=0.001).Conclusion: Different segment of sternum bone significantly different and higher length of manubrium, becausethe growth of sternum segment was completely develop in adult, but the development in children female iscontinuous in ratio of adults female.