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The Morphometric Measurements Of Humerus Segments, Ş. Deni̇z Akman, Pinar Karakaş, Memduha Gülhal Bozkir
The Morphometric Measurements Of Humerus Segments, Ş. Deni̇z Akman, Pinar Karakaş, Memduha Gülhal Bozkir
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
The aim of the present study was to determine the lengths of humerus segments in the Turkish population and compare these with the data from other countries' population for use in forensic and archeological cases. For this purpose one hundred and twenty (56 left side and 64 right side) male adult dry Caucasians' humerus bones were taken to measure the morphometric properties of humerus segments. Six segments on the articular surface of the humerus (Maximum height of the humerus (MHH), and the distances between the articular segment of the humeral head and the greater tuberosity (H1), caput humeri and collum …