Browsing Health Sciences Faculty Day Posters by UP Author "Navsa, Nadia"

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Sex determination from the metacarpals in a modern South African male and female sample

Steyn, Maryna; Navsa, Nadia; Iscan, M.Y.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2008-09-29)

Forensic anthropological studies include the determination of demographic characteristics such as sex. Parts of the human skeleton that are accurate predictors for sex include the skull, pelvis, femur and tibia. Metacarpals ...
Sexing accuracies using proximal and middle phalanges of the hand in a modern south african sample

Steyn, Maryna; Navsa, Nadia; Iscan, M.Y.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2009-12-09)

Forensic anthropologists include sex determination as part of their analyses. Hand bones were previously excluded from such studies due to their relatively small size and poor preservation. Scheuer and Elkington (1993) ...
A study of the pterygopalatine fossa and it's ganglion in a South African skeletal and cadaver population

Bosman, Marius C.; Du Plessis, M.; Navsa, Nadia (2008-09-29)

It is well known that pain experienced by patients diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia or facial pain syndrome can be effectively treated by blocking the contents of the pterygopalatine fossa. Such a procedure is not widely ...

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