Volume 5, Number 2, Year 2014

Traditionally, histologists and histopathologists have relied heavily on verbal and qualitative descriptions of tissue structure. Histological sections are used to define the normal appearances of cells, tissues and organs. These slides, therefore, also define pathological appearances which may ...

The present study examined the possible effects of long term exposure of wistar rats to refuse dump site. Young adult wistar rats of approximately 70 days old were housed in the vicinity of a refuse dump site for 5 months, and studied in the Morris water maze (MWM) for learning and memory, in op...

The health implications and complications of cigarette smoking are still prevalent worldwide. This study demonstrates the effects of chronic exposure to cigarette smoke on the Nissl bodies and the anti-oxidant status of the cerebelli of adult Wistar rats. Twelve male Wistar rats were divided int...

Hip bone is an ideal bone for sex determination because it not only reflects the general differences between the two sexes but also the special adaptation of female hip bone for childbearing. The accurate determination of sex and race are important tools to forensic scientist and physical anthro...

Forensic science and anthropometry are inseparable as evidence from most anthropometrical analysis can be used for decision making. Anthropometric details of the ribs are important in defining the relationship between them and how they apply to forensic studies. The aim of this study is to deter...

Femoral shaft fractures had been noted to be life-threatening. The purpose of this radiologic study was to investigate the patterns of femoral shaft fractures among patients admitted in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital between 2007 and 2011. Plain films from a total number of 203 patien...

Limited information is available about the skeletal frame-size of urban dwelling adolescent West African children. This study assessed variation in truncal skeletal breadths of adolescent male Nigerian children from two different socioeconomic backgrounds in urban Lagos. Anthropometric measureme...

The science of Stereology deals with a body of methods for the exploration of three-dimensional space, when only two-dimensional sections through solid bodies or projections on a surface are available. It provides practical techniques (model- or design-based techniques) for extracting quantitati...

This study was carried out with the aim of radiologically determining any differences in the cephalometric and facial indices between SCA and non-SCA subjects of same age and sex and determine values for cephalic and Nasal Indices of SCA subjects. A total of 286 skull radiographs of subjects age...

Mesenteric ossification is an uncommon reactive condition that usually follows trauma or infection to the intra abdominal structures. Here we report a case of rapidly occurring heterotopic mesenteric ossification (HMO) following Laporatomy for a ruptured gangrenous appendicitis.

The effects of Vitamin E on Phostoxin-induced changes on the hematological indices and the histology of the lungs in adult Wistar rats were studied. Thirty adult Wistar rats were obtained and acclimatized for three weeks and were randomly divided into six (6) groups of five rats each. Group 1, w...

10 Albino Wister rats of about the same post-pubertal age, size and weight were used in this study. 7 of them were castrated and sacrificed in succession of four days interval to observe the effects of castration on the prostate gland. The other 3 served as the control. Paraffin wax sections wer...

Nasal parameters are important cephalometric measurements useful in forensic medicine, plastic surgery and rhinoplasty. This study was aimed at providing empirical data of nasal parameters in Urhobos. It involved 500 Urhobo volunteers (220 male and 280 female) whose nasal parameters were measure...