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Original Research Article

Year: 2017 | Month: September | Volume: 7 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 96-99

Anthropometric Comparison of Facial Parameters between Male and Female of Rajasthan

Vaibhav Saini1, Kalu Ram Meena2

1Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Science and Research, Faridabad, Haryana, India
2Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Arbaminch College of Medicine and Health Science, Arbaminch, Ethiopia

Corresponding Author: Vaibhav Saini

ABSTRACT

Anthropometric measurements especially facial measurements are important for determining various face shapes. The present study was conducted in department of anatomy, NIMS medical college, Shobha Nagar Jaipur, on 140 adults from Rajasthan region comprising of 70 males and 70 females in different age groups 17-25 & 26-30 and 31-35 years. Two measurements, the morphological facial length, bi-zygomatic breadth were taken by using standard anthropometric instruments. Form the study it was concluded that the facial index in male and female was 88.13 and 85.58 respectively in 17 to 25 years’ age group, the mean facial index in male and female is 85.12 and 82.42 respectively in 26 to 30 years’ age group, the mean facial index in male and female is 85.28 and 82.21 respectively in age group 31 to 35 years’ age group. Data of this study will be useful to anthropologist, plastic surgeons, anatomists and forensic experts.

Key words: Banthropometry, facial index, mesoprosopic, euryprosopic, Rajasthan population

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