Análise dos ossos longos, secos, dos membros inferiores- uma contribuição para antropologia física

Abstract

Physical anthropology is an area of study aimed at determining the identity of an individual, through specific techniques and methods. In an anthropological examination of the forensic area, one of the main focuses is the assessment of the biological profile. Through the macroscopic characteristics, this assessment allows to determine the sex, trace ethnic-racial affinity profiles and height of individuals. The objective of this study is to characterize the biological identification of individuals through the long bones of the lower limbs. A total of 141 femurs, 99 tibias and 50 fibulae of adult individuals from the collection of the Human Anatomy Laboratory at UniCesumar were examined. Measurements were made with an osteometric table, measuring tape, graph paper and a camera. The measures analyzed took into account the length of the laterality of each bone and the values found, plotted in the Trotter and Glesser formulas for possible sexual diagnosis, ethnic-racial affinity and height. The present study clarified that the use of the Trotter and Gleser formulas allows an efficient estimation of height and ancestry. However, considering the Brazilian context, the information becomes somewhat vague, considering that the country is mixed and the formulas, when developed, did not take this into account. Therefore, it is necessary that more studies are carried out in order to consider the ethnic heritage of Brazil so that the Brazilian anatomical reality is better understood and contributes to anthropological and forensic study