The Morphometrical Variation of adult’s Human Face in Nepal
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55677/IJCSMR/V3I3-03/2023Keywords:
Anthropometry, Cephalometery Prosopic Index, Hypereurisopic etc.Abstract
Background: The evaluation and measurement of human body dimensions are achieved by physical anthropometry. Cephalometery is a branch of anthropometry science in which the head and face anatomical dimensions are measured. This research was conducted in view of the importance of anthropometric indices of the face in forensic medicine, surgery, paediatrics and medical imaging.
Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was set up to determine and compare the face shapes Nepalese populations aged between 17 & 30 -year-old males and females. The length and width of faces were determined by using Digital vernier calliper and martin spreading calliper respectively. The shape of faces in among male and female of Nepalese population were determined and was compared with other studied and population.
Results: In this research, we found that mean values face height and width among male and female were 115.78±7.02 and 112.78±4.7 and were 127.19±6.59 and 130.18±7.44 respectively. Prosopic Index among male and female were 89.01±3.82 and 88.83±3.82 respectively. The result showed that both male and female was found to round face. This showed that Nepali population face was Mesoprosopic (round) PI= 85 <PI<89.9.
Conclusion: This study determined the possible effect of ethnicity on the diversity of face shapes in males and females adult Nepalese and was found to Mesoprosopic face.
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