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Type of Article:  Original Research

Volume 6; Issue 3.3 (Septmber 2018)

Page No.: 5722-5725

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2018.323

MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF EXTERNAL EAR OF MEDICAL STUDENTS

Sreenivasreddy Kondhula 1, Archana Alzapur *2.

1 Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur, Medchal, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

*2 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur, Medchal, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Corresponding author: Dr. Archana. A, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy,  Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur, Medchal, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mobile. No. 9701778027 E-Mail: archu.konduri@gmail.com

ABSTRACT:

Introduction: Abnormalities of external ear either congenital or acquired needs correction to have an esthetic appearance of face.

Aim: to aid the surgeon in this process of correction we need to standardize the sizes of various parameters of ear in a particular ethnic group and age group.

Materials and Methods: here we have taken photographs of face and measured various parameters of external ear by Image J technique.

Results: in our study we got average sizes of ear as follows, Height of ear as 45.25±3.92, breadth of the ear at the upper attachment of pinna to the lateral surface of face as 21.29± 2.08, breadth of ear at tragus as 21.74±2.2, breadth of lobe 13.21±1.8, length of lobe as 17.22±2.24.

Conclusion: these parameters which we have calculated for the sizes of external ear in the age group of 18-22 yrs in our region may be helpful for plastic surgeons in their work.

Key words: External ear, morphometry, statistical shape analysis, morphometrics geons, IMJ technique.

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Cite this article: Sreenivasreddy Kondhula, Archana Alzapur. MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF EXTERNAL EAR OF MEDICAL STUDENTS. Int J Anat Res 2018;6(3.3):5722-5725. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2018.323