Radiographic Evaluation of Mastoid Parameters for Sexual Differentiation in North Indian Population.

Introduction: Morphometric differences of several bones form the basis of sexual differentiation. The mastoid triangle has been widely used as a predictor of sexual differentiation. However, the radiographic measurements of the mastoid triangle, which form the clinical alternative of this parameter, have not been studied in the North Indian population.

Morphometric Study of the Mastoid Triangle for Sexual Dimorphism of Dry Skulls in the North Indian Population.

The mastoid process is a conical projection from the undersurface of the temporal bone. Examination of skeletal remains by anthropologists requires sex determination. The present study proposes to determine sex from morphometry of the mastoid process.