Dr D K Sharma

• Professor at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur India

Background and Aim Medical institutes around the world are facing scarcity of cadavers for anatomy dissection and teaching purpose. The academic value of “hands-on experience” on human bodies remains the mainstay of medical education, especially in the foster years of the young student. Efforts are needed to improve the availability of human bodies...

Introduction: Atlantooccipital fusion or occipitalization of atlas or assimilation of atlas is a rare or uncommon abnormality recorded in anatomical, morphological and radiological studies. It is usually associated with reduction in dimensions of foramen magnum leading to acute or chronic neurovascular compression and clinical manifestations of va...

Introduction: The common carotid artery is an important artery of blood supply to head, neck and brain located in the carotid triangle. It is also the most important artery responsible for brain stroke. In this study we observed the branching level of common carotid artery and also whether it is bifurcation or trifurcation. Method: In the embalmed...

Bilateral variations in the branching pattern of axillary artery were seen in a 78 year male cadaver during routine dissection. On the right side superior thoracic artery was a branch of second part of axillary artery. Additional pectoral branches were seen coming out of the second part on either side. Bilaterally from the second part a common trun...

Some groups or communities believe that 'We literally have a third eye, which connects us to spiritual dimensions and supernatural forces' and it is claimed that the Pineal Gland (PG) is that third eye. Majority believes that PG is one of the endocrine glands in vertebrates and secretes mainly a hormone melatonin which regulates circadian rhythm...

The Baker's or Popliteal cyst is a bursa seen between medial head Gastrocnemius and Semimembranosus. This bursa when present usually communicates with the cavity of Knee joint, most of the times being asymptomatic. They can occur due to any intra-articular pathology including bony inflammation, cartilaginous lesions, meniscal or ligament tear, etc....

Variations of upper limb muscles are quite commonly seen during dissection. Biceps Brachii take an edge on this, as it commonly has two or more than two sites of origin and insertion, where mode of insertion being both aponeurotic as well as tendinous. In present study, apart from common modes of insertion, an additional musculotendinous slip was s...

Objective: To determine the effects of Yoga posture on the Trunk Muscle Activities by examining the muscle activation patterns in erector spine and rectus abdominis muscles. Design Setting: Repeated-measures of descriptive study done at Biomechanics laboratory, Biomedical Engineering Department, NIT Raipur. Participants: In this work, participants...

The knowledge of the Thoracolumbar Spine (TS) Anatomy and Biomechanics is important for prevention of mechanical damage of spine; which is very common and presented with the Low Back Pain (LBP). It is still unknown that how the TS commonly gets damaged during daily activities of life. This paper aims to give a comprehensive account of biomechanics...

The palmaris longus (PL) is a vestigial or degenerating superficial muscle in the anterior compartment of forearm. It is variable in its structure, attachments and presence or absence in different individuals in various populations and even in one population among individuals. It is well known that individuals may have unilateral or bilateral absen...

The morphological variations in the lumbosacral region are accidental findings during the study of dry human sacra. Most easily identified and detectable anatomical variations are related with change in the number of sacral vertebra by union of fifth lumbar vertebra or first coccyx and deletion of first sacral vertebra. These variations may be foun...

The Simian and Sydney creases are variant palmar creases which have now drawn medical attention as their presence correlates strongly with numerous chromosomal anomalies and diseases. Works on these creases have been done on several human communities, racial and ethnic but no specific study is focussed out on the Indian populations. In this study 1...

The Simian and Sydney creases are variant palmar creases which have now drawn medical attention as their presence correlates strongly with numerous chromosomal anomalies and diseases. Works on these creases have been done on several human communities, racial and ethnic but no specific study is focussed out on the Indian populations. In this study 1...

The prostatic utricle is one of the auxiliary glands associated with the genital duct systems in males. In man it is described as a blind pouch about 6mm long, situated in the median lobe of prostate, opens into the urethra in the median line of colliculus seminalis; and contains mucous glands and smooth muscle fibres. It is a vestigial structure r...