title: A study of obliquity of femoral shaft in Eastern Indian population.
abstract: In the erect posture, femur is not absolute vertical, being separated above from its fellow by a considerable interval, which corresponds to the breadth of the pelvis, and inclines gradually medially and downward, so as to approach its fellow, for the purpose of bringing the knee joints near the line of gravity of the body. In the present study obliquity of femoral shaft measured in 127 dry femora. Mean obliquity of femoral shaft for 62 left sided femora found 8.431 degrees with standard deviation of 2.361 degrees whereas for 65 right sided femora were found to be 7.708 degrees with standard deviation of 2.425 degrees. When total 127 femora considered, mean bicondylar angle of 8.061 +/- 2.412 degrees was obtained. Though statistically insignificant, mean bicondylar angle determined on left side was higher than that on the right side.
authors: Department of Anatomy, NRS Medical College, Kolkata - 700014, India. mousutsav10@bsnl.in
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Mistri
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Bhakta
authors: G C
authors: GC
authors: Mondal
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Bandyopadhyay
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kumar
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male