IJAR.2018.270

Type of Article:  Original Research

Volume 6; Issue 3.2 (August 2018)

Page No.: 5525-5530

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2018.270

DETERMINATION OF AGE BY HUMAN STERNUM

Rashmi Jaiswal.

Assistant Professor,  Department of Anatomy, Chirayu Medical College and Hospital, Bhopal (MP), 462030, India.

Corresponding Author:  Dr. Rashmi Jaiswal, 185, Rachna Nagar, Bhopal (MP), 462023, India.

Mob no -09425029067 E-Mail: rashmijwal@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT:

Background:  Examination of any bone is important for identification of deceased and estimation of age. The present work is an attempt to study the sternum in the purview of existing parameters of the determination of age.  It includes a study of fusion of manubrium with mesosternum, sternal segments, fusion of Xiphoid process with mesosternum in relation to age.

Materials and Methods: The present study was carried upon 65 sternums(46 Males and 19 Females). Sternum from cadavers in the Department of Anatomy and Sternum from Autopsy bodies in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, People’s College of  Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal. (MP).

Results: Study concluded that Fusion of sternebrae starts at the age of 20 years in male and Fusion of sternebrae starts at the age of 20 years in female. Fusion is completed at the age of 40 years in male and 45 years in female. If complete fusion in males, age is above 40 years and If complete fusion in females, age is above 45 years. No opinion was possible from the incidence of ‘no fusion’.

Conclusion: Our study concluded that the fusion of sternum was reliable for determining age.

Key words: Sternum, Age, Sex, Anthropology, Medicolegal.

REFERENCES

  1. Gautam RS, Shah GV, Jadav HR, Gohil, B.J. The Human Sternum – as An Index of Age & Sex. Soc. India 2003;52(1):20-23.
  2. Adhvaryu Ankit V, Adhvaryu Monika A, Rathod Suresh P, Chauhan Pradip R, Joshi Hemang G. Study of sexual dimorphism in human sterna. International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences 2013;2(3):577-581.
  3. Vijay Kumar R. Waghmare, Rupali B. Gaikwad, Vaibhav Sonar. Determination of the age with the help of ossification of the sternum. Int J Pharm Biomed Res 2012;3(1), 5-6.
  4. Sobhan k. Das. Is ossification of sternum at all a valuable guide for determination of age at middle age group. JIAFM, 2005;27 (1). ISSN 0971-0973.
  5. Susan Standring, The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice, Gray’s Anatomy. Fortieth Edition, Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier, London; 2009.
  6. Chandresh I. Tailor, Dharmesh Silajiya, Ganesh Govekar, Vipul P. Chaudhari, Bhaumesh Rajdev, Chirag N. Gajera. Age Determination by Gross and Radiological Aspect of Sternum. J Indian Acad Forensic Med. Jan-March 2013; 35(1):21-25.
  7. Manoharan C, Dhanalakshmi V, Thangam D, Edwin Joe A. Estimation of age from human sternum-an autopsy study.  Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine, April-June 2016;3(2):128-132.
  8. V B Gaur, V B Sahai, Amarjit Singh. Determination of Age in the living by fusion of manubrium sternum and xiphoid process-A Radiological study. J Punjab Acad Forensic Med Toxicol 2010;10(2):87-89.
  9. Jit I, Kaur H. Time of fusion of the human sternebrae with one another in northwest India. Am J Phys Anthropol. 1989 Oct;80(2):195-202.

Cite this article: Rashmi Jaiswal. DETERMINATION OF AGE BY HUMAN STERNUM. Int J Anat Res 2018;6(3.2):5525-5530. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2018.270