title: Measurement of different external dimensions of the heart in adult Bangladeshi cadaver.
abstract: The cross sectional descriptive study was carried out to determine the gross morphological parameters regarding heart to establish a racial characteristic of Bangladeshi adult population. To fulfill this aim, different external dimensions of the heart in Bangladeshi adult people of both sexes were measured and compared with the findings of other researchers of Bangladesh and western countries. A total fifty normal human hearts from both sexes were collected during routine postmortem examination in autopsy laboratory of Forensic medicine department of Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh on different dates from August 2003 to April 2004. The age at death of cadavers was ranged from 20 to 60 years. The mean weight, length, breadth and antero-posterior diameter were measured and the following values were found. In male the mean (+/-SD) weight was 247.92(+/-40.26) gm, mean (+/-SD) length was 10.5(+/-0.62) cm, mean (+/-SD) breadth was 8.51(+/-0.61) cm and mean (+/-SD) antero-posterior diameter was 5.86(+/-0.63) cm. In female the mean (+/-SD) weight was 164.29(+/-33.56) gm, mean (+/-SD) length was 9.2(+/-0.89) cm, mean (+/-SD) breadth was 7.67(+/-0.61) cm and mean (+/-SD) antero-posterior diameter was 5.47(+/-0.55) cm. In statistical analysis, difference between male and female values was calculated by using students 't' test. The present study revealed that the values were always greater in male than in female group, though statistically there was no significant difference (p>0.05) between them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mannan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult