A Study of Length and Width of Foramen Magnum in North India

Yogesh Yadav, Preeti Goswami

Abstract: Introduction: Anthropometric study is very important in the identification of sex especially when the body has been destroyed as a result of physical injury. The aim of this study; therefore; is to determine the presence of sexual dimorphism in the foramen magnum of skulls of North India region. . The sample comprised 96 skulls; of these skulls 50 are males and 46 females. The result obtained demonstrated that significant sexual dimorphism is present in the cranial base of the said population.

Keywords: Anthropometry, foramen magnum, Opisthion, Basion