Journal of Forensic Medicine

Department of Forensic Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India

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  Age of Fusion of Body of Sternum with Manubrium Sterni in both the Genders: A Comparison
  Author(s): Duchania Sunil Kumar* and Mukta Rani
  
  Objectives: This article documents comparison of age of fusion of body of sternum with manubrium sterni in both the genders. Determination of age from human skeletal remains an integral part of forensic and medico-legal investigation. The study of changes in skeleton with respect to age, serves as a reliable and time-honored method in medico-legal work. Methods: Sterna will be removed from the cadavers by sectioning the costal cartilages just besides the costo-chondral junction. The sterna thus collected will be marked, numbered, and then put in a water bath containing solution of sodium hypo-chloride for a week for maceration. The elements of each sternum-manubrium, body and xiphoid process will be examined for their fusion. The manubrio-sternal and the xiphisternal articulations will be carefully examined for degree of fusion: complete, pa.. Read More»
  

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