Sahni Daisy, Jit Indar
Department of Anatomy, Forensic Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education, Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Forensic Sci Int. 2005 Mar 10;148(2-3):199-205. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.06.002.
Time of closure of sagittal, coronal and lambdoid sutures was studied at autopsy in 538 male and 127 female adults of known ages belonging to Chandigarh zone of northwest India. The sagittal suture was divided into four segments and each side of the coronal and lambdoid sutures into three segments. Whether a segment was open or closed on either surface was recorded. On analysing the record, the authors came to the conclusions: (1) obliteration of sutures commences earlier in the males than in females, (2) suture obliteration starts earlier on endocranial surface than on the ectocranial and (3) commencement and complete obliteration of a segment or the entire suture is so erratic that it is not useful for estimating the age of a skull.
在印度西北部昌迪加尔地区已知年龄的538名成年男性和127名成年女性尸体解剖中，研究了矢状缝、冠状缝和人字缝的闭合时间。矢状缝被分为四段，冠状缝和人字缝的每一侧被分为三段。记录每一段在内外表面是开放还是闭合。通过分析记录，作者得出以下结论：（1）男性缝线的闭合比女性开始得更早；（2）缝线在颅内表面的闭合比颅外表面更早；（3）一段或整个缝线的开始和完全闭合非常不稳定，因此对估计颅骨年龄没有帮助。
