Dr. Shamim Ara1 and Dr. Nasaruddin Bin Abdul Aziz2
1Professor of Anatomy, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangalsesh
2Professor of Anatomy, University of Cyberjaya, Malasiya
*Correspondence to: Dr. Nasaruddin Bin Abdul Azi, Professor of Anatomy, University of Cyberjaya, Malasiya
Received: Nov 05, 2023; Accepted: Dec 1, 2023; Published: Dec 14, 2023
Citation: Ara S (2023) Sexual Dimorphism in the Length of the Corpus Callosum in Cadaver J Anatomical Variation and Clinical Case Report 1:102. DOI: 10.61309/javccr.1000102
Copyright: ©2023 Ara S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
ABSTRACT
Context: Several texts and literature suggest that corpus callosum may be sexually dimorphic. Previous researchers found that the length of the corpus callosum is larger in male than female. From reviewing various foreign literature it was found that length of the corpus callosum may change in many diseases in Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. So, knowledge of the normal morphological difference of the length of corpus callosum between Bangladeshi male and female is essential for the diagnosis in brain imaging and treatment of those diseases. Objective: The present study was conducted to provide data on the length of the corpus callosum of our own people, which can be used to set a standard measurement for Bangladeshi population. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was done in the Department of Anatomy, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from July 2009 to June 2010, based on collection of 60 human brains (male 36 and female 24) from unclaimed dead bodies. The lengths were measured by using a digital slide calipers in mm. Results: The mean length of the corpus callosum in male and female in group A, B, C & D (grouping in done on age difference) were 68.04+_0.99 and 67.03+_0.05mm, 67.50+_0.13and 67.02 +_0.03 mm and 67.51+_0.03 and 67.02+_0.03 mm respectively. Conclusion: Statistically significant differences were found between male and female in all age group in length of corpus callosum.
Keywords: Corpus callosum, Length. Sexual dimorphism