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Morphometric Study of Fully Ossified Dry Head and Shaft of Left Human Humerus
1Dr Jubaida Gulshan Ara, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Abstract:
Humerus is the largest bone of upper limb. Upper limb is the most movable part and main working tools of human body. This is a cross sectional, analytic type of study carried out in the department of Anatomy, Sir Salimullah Medical College (SSMC), Dhaka from July 2011 to Dec 2012. The present study was performed on two hundred (n=200; male=117 & female=83) left sided fully ossified dry humerus bones collected from Department of Anatomy and the medical students of 1st and 2nd year MBBS course of Sir Salimullah Medical College (SSMC), Dhaka and Dhaka National Medical College (DNMC), Dhaka. Morphometric study was carried out on all samples by direct physical method. There was statistically significant difference (p=0.001) between male and female bone in the diameter of the head and shaft of the left humerus. The present study was attempted to provide a morphometric base line data of fully ossified human left humerus.
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