Irfan Ahmad Mughal, Nasir Aziz, Anjum Mehdi, Muhammad Humayun Ikram.
Adult human tali; dimensional and dry weight variations.
Professional Med J Jan ;8(4):514-7.

Talus is the link between the foot and the leg through the ankle joint. It carries the whole body weight. The male tali were found heavier than the female counter part. The right male tali are heavier than the left in both sexes. The time, environment and heat has minimal effect on bones. OBJECTIVE: To study the dimensional data and dry bone weight of adult talus which could be useful in identification of unknown individuals. MATERIALS & METHODS: One hundred adult male tali were selected from the bone banks of P.M.C. Faisalabad, K.E.M.C. Lahore and IMC, Faisalabad for the present study. Right and left tali were weighed in grams with the help of electronic weighing scale. Height, Length and Width were recorded with the help of sliding Vernier Calliper in centimeters. RESULTS: No significant difference of measurement between the means of right and left tali was observed. The mean max weight of the right and left tali recorded was 19.78 gms and 19.58 gms respectively. The mean max. height of left talus recorded was 03.12 cms and right talus was 03.21 cms. The mean max. Length of the left talus was 05.73 cms and right talus was 05.97 cms. Whereas the mean max. width of left talus was 04.05 cms and that of right talus was 04.27 cms. CONCLUSION: The right talus is heavier than the left talus, which is due to the dominant side preference. The length of the body of talus is more in our study, which could be due to more body height, and good build in the Pakistani population as compared to the Americans. The racial difference plays a major role in this regard.

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