Linear Body Anthropometry of Yorubas of Southern Nigeria

The attendant overcrowding in dissecting rooms and difficulty in procurement and preservation of cadavers, variations present in cadaveric specimen and the need to learn layout to recreate common surgical operations were the reasons for which the concept of anatomical modeling was opted for. The aim of this study was to investigate the linear body anthropometry of Yorubas of southern Nigeria for future reconstruction of three-dimensional negroid gross anatomical model. The research adopted a non-experimental, cross-sectional design. A total number of four hundred (400) subjects whose ages ranged between 21 to 40 years with BMI of 18.50 to

Key Words: Linear, Whole body, Gross, Anatomical Modelling, Yoruba, Negroid