MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION OF FORAMEN MAGNUM.
- Lecturer, Dept.of human anatomy, JKK Nataraja Dental College, Komarapalayam, Nammakal district, Tamilnadu, India.
- Professor and hod, Davanagere, Karnataka.
- Professor, Dept of human anatomy, Velammal Medical College.
- Tutor, Dhanalakshmisrinivasan Medical College, siruvachur, perambalur.
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Aim:- To study the foramen magnum size, shapesvariations in the dryskulls. Materials and method:- The morphological diameter variation distance taken from i)Antero posterior/sagittal diameter ii)Transverse diameter of foramen magnum from completely ossified unknown ages of male, female250 skulls of south India,Tamilnadu,Nammakal district dental collegeswith the help of Vernier caliper Result and conclusion:- According to our study foramen magnum shows shape variationslike rhomboid,hexagonal,pentagonal, oval,irregular and spherical.It is very useful to identify the sexdifference and also with the clinical intervention by the meandiameter of longitudinaltransverse diameter of foramen magnum.
[R.YASODAI, SHIVAKUMAR A.H, S.RAJASHANKAR and M.VEERAMUTHU. (2016); MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION OF FORAMEN MAGNUM. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Jun). 387-391] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
