Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Humerus, the long bone of the arm is commonly involved in accidents and injuries. Nutrient foramen is the significant structure, providing the life line in the form of blood vessels which are important for healing of fractures and other assaults. The present study was conducted on 302 dried and cleaned humerus bones of the right and left sides, present in the Department of Anatomy of MGM Medical College, Indore (M.P).The gender and age of the bones was not known. The number of nutrient foramina, their distribution over the surface and borders of humerus and their zone with respect to the three segments of humerus was studied. Bones which were damaged and having pathology were excluded from the study. After excluding the broken bones and the ones in which nutrient foramen could not be identified, 302 bones consisting of a total of 346 foramen were the part of the present study. The mean total length of humeri was 30.56 cm. Majority of humeri had a single nutrient foramen (76.82%). They were absent in 5.96% of bones. 58.09% of the bones had the nutrient foramen on the anteromedial surface with 25.43% bones having the nutrient foramen on the anteromedial border. This was followed by the posterior surface and then the anterolateral surface respectively. Maximum nutrient foramen were present in the II zone i.e middle zone of the bone. One bone had its nutrient foramen in the proximal one third segments. All foramen were directed downwards. Nutrient foramen is variable in its number and location, but functionally it is an extremely significant structure, influencing the nutrition and healing of the injuries, fractures and surgical interventions. Anatomical description of these foramen is hence of great assistance to treating physicians, orthopedic surgeons and in microvascular bone transplants.
How to cite this article:
Sheenu Malik Suri, Vandana Jain, Rajendra Singh Marko and Massarat Jehan. A Study to Assess Nutrient Foramen of Humerus in Dried Human Bones.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2024.5.256.259
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