Morphometric and Topographic Features of Stylomastoid Foramen and its Clinical Significance in Facial Nerve Block.

 This study aims to determine the topographic localization of the stylomastoid foramen (SF) and its morphometric relationship with the surrounding bony landmarks.  A descriptive anatomical study.  Anatomy Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine.

Adjunctive Treatment of Pediatric Adenoidal Hypertrophy: A Review.

Context: Adenoids play an important role in the protection of the upper respiratory tract against pathogens. Nonphysiological enlargement of adenoids is defined as adenoid hypertrophy (AH). In treating AH, physicians prefer medical therapy and often disregard adjunctive methods.

Evaluation of attitudes and opinions of medical faculty students against the use of cadaver in anatomy education and investigation of the factors affecting their emotional responses related thereto.

Introduction: The encounter with the cadaver is one of the few experiences that have a profound effect on the educational life of the medical students. The objective of this study was to investigate medical student's attitudes and opinions towards the use of cadaver in anatomy education, as well as the factors affecting the emotional reactions they demonstrate in their repeated encounter with the cadaver.

Material And Methods: Before the study, ethics committee approval for the study was obtained from the Gaziantep University Clinical Researches Ethical Committee (decision date and number: 2016/40).

Hair Whorl Direction: The Association with Handedness, Footedness, and Eyedness.

Hair whorl direction and handedness were stated to have a common genetic basis in the . This study was carried out with a total of 317 healthy young males. The association between hair whorl swirling direction and handedness, footedness and eyedness were assessed.

The Massage Approach of Avicenna in the Canon of Medicine.

Massage is the manipulation of the body tissues by using techniques, such as rubbing, kneading, pressing, and rolling to sustain a state of health and wellness. Massage is one of the oldest and most natural healing applications in human history. Avicenna (980 - 1037) gained a very important position in the medical world with his most important work, the Canon of Medicine, known as the holy book of medicine in the Western world.

Evaluation of the mobile phone electromagnetic radiation on serum iron parameters in rats.

Background: Electromagnetic fields (EMF) created by mobile phones during communication have harmful effects on different organs.

Objectives: It was aimed to investigate the effects of an EMF created by a mobile phone on serum iron level, ferritin, unsaturated iron binding capacity and total iron binding capacity within a rat experiment model.

Methods: A total of 32 male Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into the control, sham, mobile phone speech (2h/day) and stand by (12 h/day) groups.