MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE HAND

Authors

  • RAMESWARAPU SUMAN BABU Associate professorDepartment of Anatomy, Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur, Ranga Reddy District-501 401. A.P, India
  • DAVID ANAND KUMAR .P Post graduate, Department of Anatomy, Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur, Ranga Reddy District-501 401. A.P, India

Keywords:

anthropometric measurements, morphometry

Abstract

This study is an analysis of the patterns of variation of the human hand, particularly the metric characters of hand, palm, fingers, nails and dorsal distribution of hair over the digits. Anthropometric measurements were performed on 124 men and women, aged 21 to 41 years in and around medchal town. The data were analyzed by inferential statistics. Size variation in fingers is indicated in the present study. There is component of variability  between all fingers as a whole  and distal phalanges, the variation is much between the thumb and other fingers. Sexual dimorphism is proven fact as menhave  greater dimensions than women in length of the thumb than other fingers.

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30.06.2013

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RAMESWARAPU SUMAN BABU, & DAVID ANAND KUMAR .P. (2013). MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE HAND. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 4(2), 1215–1221. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/2415

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Volume 4, Issue 2, 2013

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Research Articles

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