Deniz Senol

Analysis in terms of gender of morphometric characteristics of typical cervical vertebrae: A radiological study -

The objective of this study is to examine the morphometric characteristics of C3-C6 vertebrae in the cervical region through radiological images and to find out how they differ in terms of gender. CT images of 27 men and 27 women between the ages of 18 and 40 who did not have any symptoms were included in the study. In the study, area of vertebra (AV), vertebral foramen (VF), right and left transvers foramen (RTF-LTF) areas, lateral diameter of vertebral foramen (VF-L) and anterior-posterior diameter of vertebral foramen (VF-AP) of 216 cervical typical vertebrae (C3-C6) were measured through radiological images. No statistically significant results were found between AV, VF, VF-L, VF-AP, RTF and LTF radiological measurements taken from the C3, C4, C5 and C6 vertebrae of men and women for the same vertebral levels and between the rates of VF, RTF and LTF areas covered in AV (p>0.05). Paired comparisons of vertebrae were conducted with independent samples t test. Statistically significant difference was found in VF-L in men between C3 and C5, in VF-L and LTF between C3 and C6 and in AV, RTF and LTF between C4 and C6; while AV and LTF were found to be statistically significant in women between C4 and C6 (p

An anatomic overview to manspreading campaign

There is a campaign called “manspreading”. The campaign which started to draw attention to men’s making passengers uncomfortable by sitting with open legs in public transportation, attracted too much attention. When we glance through communal living spaces, we see men mostly sitting with their legs open. Can there be a morphological background of this sitting position? Basically, the pelvis of men and women are different from each other. Angulus subpubicus is bigger in women. In women, the femur head is located to lateral due to excess angulus subpubicus. However, the lower end of femur has to direct to medial to adjust with tibial condyle, that is, it gets closer to midline. Anteversion angle of acetabulum is higher in women. Anteversion with a higher angle means more anteriorly located acetabulum. That is, both femurs have to be more located to the midline. In women, the collodiaphyseal angle and femur neck length is smaller than men. Both of these situations cause femurs to be located close to the midline. Q angle which is used in the assessment of the mechanic and situation of knee joint is higher in women. High Q angle means that femur lower ends are close to the midline. Due to anatomical differences listed above, women’s femurs are located closer to the midline, while the femurs of men are located more laterally. This difference is also reflected in the way they sit.

Variation of axillopectoral muscle and surgical importance: a case report -

M. axillopectoralis (MAP) has been examined under different names and variations in different studies. In routinely conducted dissection studies, an arch holding onto m. pectoralis major originating from latissimus dorsi muscle was detected in the left fossa axillaris of a male cadaver aged 35-40. It was determined that the end branches of a. axillaris, v. axillaris, and plexus brachialis existing in that area passed through the underneath of that arch. MAP has a clinical and morphological importance for those surgeons that are to make surgical interventions in the fossa axillaris area. Thus, surgeons are required to consider the probability of such muscle structure to exist in this area.

An Analysis of Morphometric Qualities of Bulbus Oculi in Cataract Patients: A Comparative Biometric Study

Cataract is considered to be the primary reason for curable blindness that is caused by progressive loss of lens transparency and affects millions of people around the world. This study aims to analyze the changes in morphometric qualities of bulbus oculi (BO) as well as its morphometric measurements such as anterior chamber depth (ACD), lens thickness (LT), vitreous length (VL), axial length (AL), etc. depending on age and gender in cataract patients through comparison with healthy eyes. 200 eyes with cataract were separately analyzed in five different categories of ages for males and females at the ages of 40–89. Biometric measurements of a total of 128 eyes (64 males and 64 females) were used as the control group. The study revealed a strong negative relation between age and ACD and a strong positive relation between age and LT in males and females for healthy eyes and eyes with cataract (P < 0.05). No significant relation was found for VL and AL in either gender (P > 0.05). A significant decrease was observed in ACD with aging while a positive correlation with age was detected in LT. We believe that the data obtained from this study will serve as a guide for BO interventions, diagnose and treatment stages and training of physician assistants. Anat Rec, 299:1308–1312, 2016.