Research Article - Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2017) Volume 7, Issue 60

Comparison of some Morphometric Parameters of the Ear on Turkish and African Students

Introduction: Knowledge of distinctness between gender and ethnical groups for face morphometry is significantly important on face reconstruction. For that reason measurements belonging to ear aroused interests of plastic surgeons. In our research, to generate a reference range for Turkish society by measuring some parameters belonging to ear and comparing them with races was aimed. Method: This research was implemented over 40 (20 males and 20 females) Turkish students and 40 African students who are between 18-25 years of age. Our study was planned in three phases as collection of data, statistical analysis and comparison analysis of results with literature. Measured parameters within the scope of study are; ear length, ear width, tragus-helix, tragus-antihelix, lobular width and lobular height. Results: Morphometric parameters belonging to both race males and female ears were compared between genders. Right and left tragus-helix and tragus-antihelix distance of Turkish male individuals were founded significantly lower than African male individuals, right and left lobular width and lobular height were founded significantly higher than African male individuals (p<0.05). Left and right ear length of Turkish female individuals, lobular width and left lobular width were founded significantly higher than African Female individuals (p<0.05). Conclusion: When literature information was considered, anatomic details belonging to external ear are used for identifying persons and genders in forensics. Accordingly we think that the information obtained are important for generating reference range between Turkish and African races, anatomy education, guiding to esthetical surgeons and usage for forensic fields.

Author(s): Musa Acar, Mahinur Ulusoy, Senay Burçin Alkan

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