STUDY OF GREATER SCIATIC NOTCH FOR DETERMINATION OF SEX OF HIP BONE BY METRIC METHOD

Background: The distinctive morphology of human skeleton and its clear sexual dimorphism make it interests from anatomical, forensic, obstetrical, radiological anthropological point view. hip bone is considered as an ideal for sex determination provides the highest accuracy levels. Many workers have studied various metric parameters sexing bone.
 Methods: present study was done with aim to find out using greater sciatic notch. For this purpose, 100 dry bones were collected Department Anatomy. Seven different notch used study: Maximum width, depth, Posterior segment, Index I, II, Total angle angle.
 Results: All (especially posterior index II) found be highly indicative by t- test (p<0.005) except depth.
 Conclusion: By concluded that width depth a less useful criteria purposes while best parameter, which identified 75 % left 88 right male 92 female bones. Length segment II also assigned high percentage bones, specially ones (95-97 %), these results suggests widening in females has occurred mainly part.
 Keywords: Hip, Bone,