The scope of forensic medicine has increased manifold with industrialisation, urbanisation, rural development and increasing population. Consequently, there is a steady increase in crime rate such as assault, murder, and not to forget accidents, natural calamities and mass disasters like shipwreck, air crash.One of the most important task of a forensic expert when called upon is to fix the partial identity in terms of age and sex of an unfortunate victim, that too with the help of only a single bone or at times its fragmentary remains.Various bones such as skull, pelvis and femur have been studied in order to identify age and sex of the deceased. The age and sex determination of sternum has been studied by various experts in India and abroad. In India, work has been mainly carried out in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, other North Indian regions and North Karnataka(India).

Author is actively involved in Undergraduate & Postgraduate teaching for Medical students for eleven years.He is an honorary teaching faculty for Karnataka police academy. Medicolegal Consultant for Doctors,Police and Lawyers.Currently serving as Associate professor,Forensic Medicine and Toxicology,JSS Medical college,JSS University,Mysore,INDIA.

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