ISSN 2277-4025 eISSN 2321-2780 National Journal of Clinical Anatomy

An Official Publication of Society of Clinical Anatomists, India.

Editor-In-Chief Assistant Editors Developmental Anatomy

Kumar Satish Ravi Pushpa N. B. Sabita Mishra Professor (Additional) Anatomy Assistant Professor of Anatomy Professor & Head of Anatomy Ex. Sub Dean (Academics) & Assistant JSS Medical College, Mysuru Maulana Azad Medical College Dean (Academics) Karnataka, India New Delhi, India All India Institute of Medical Sciences [email protected] [email protected] Rishikesh Uttarakhand, India Apurba Patra Pratheepa Shivsankari [email protected] Assistant Professor of Anatomy Professor of Anatomy All India Institute of Medical Sciences SRM Medical College and Research Joint Editors Bathinda Punjab, India Centre, Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu, India [email protected] [email protected] Bertha Rathinam E. Mohana Priya Professor & Head of Anatomy Assistant Professor of Anatomy Genetics All India Institute of Medical Sciences Madras Medical College, Chennai Bhopal Madhya Pradesh, India Tamilnadu, India Rima Dada [email protected] [email protected] Professor of Anatomy, Vandana Mehta Krishnaveni Sharath All India Institute of Medical Sciences Director-Professor & Head Assistant Professor of Anatomy New Delhi, India Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Sree Balaji Medical College, Chennai [email protected] Safdarjang Hospital Tamilnadu, India Anjali S. Sabnis New Delhi, India [email protected] Professor & Head of Anatomy [email protected] MGM Medical College, Mumbai Section Editors Maharashtra, India Associate Editors [email protected] Gross Anatomy Mukesh Singla Comparative Anatomy Professor (Additional) Virender Kumar Nim Joy A . Ghosal Department of Anatomy Professor of Anatomy Dean, Professor & Head of Anatomy All India Institute of Medical Sciences Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh Uttarakhand, India Puducherry, India Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mehandi Mahajan S. Viveka Subhash K. Deshpande Associate Professor of Anatomy Professor of Anatomy Professor & Head of Anatomy Sri Muthukumaran Medical College Azeezia Institute of Medical Sciences, SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital and Research Institute Chennai, Kollam, Kerala, India Hospital Dharwad Karnataka, India Tamilnadu, India [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Shaikh Jasmeen Vajir Neuroanatomy Associate Professor of Anatomy Microanatomy RVM Institute of Medical Sciences and Ranjit Guha Biswabina Ray Research Center Principal & Professor of Anatomy Professor & Head of Anatomy Siddipet, Telangana, India Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical All India Institute of Medical Sciences [email protected] Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India Kalyani West Bengal, India [email protected] [email protected] Anjali Aggarwal T.S. Gugapriya Professor (Additional) Professor (Additional) of Anatomy Postgraduate Institute of Medical All India Institute of Medical Sciences Education and Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Chandigarh, India [email protected] [email protected] ISSN 2277-4025 eISSN 2321-2780

Clinical Anatomy Immunohistochemistry & Electron S.L. Jethani Microscopy Chief Med Superintendent & Professor of C.S. Vidya Anatomy Professor of Anatomy J. Suganthy Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, JSS Medical College, Mysuru, Professor & Head of Anatomy Dehradun Uttarakhand, India Karnataka, India Christian Medical College, Vellore [email protected] [email protected] Tamilnadu, India Sudha Rao M.S. Ansari [email protected] Ex. Director-Professor & Head of Professor (Additional) Tulika Gupta Anatomy Department of Anatomy Associate Professor of Anatomy, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate All India Institute of Medical Sciences Post Graduate Institute of Medical Medical Education and Research, Rishikesh Uttarakhand, India Education & Research, Puducherry, India [email protected] Chandigarh, India [email protected] [email protected] Surajit Ghatak Medical Education Professor & Head of Anatomy National Editorial Board All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ghulam Mohammad Bhat Jodhpur Rajasthan, India Professor of Anatomy Ravichandran Doraisamy [email protected] Government Medical College, Srinagar Professor & Head of Anatomy Shailaja Shetty Jammu & Kashmir, India KMCH Institute of Health Sciences and Professor & Head of Anatomy [email protected] Research, Coimbatore Tamilnadu, India MS Ramaiah Medical College, Anu Sharma [email protected] Bengaluru Karnataka, India Professor of Anatomy G.P. Pal [email protected] Dayanand Medical College Dean & Professor of Anatomy Sneh Agarwal Ludhiana, Punjab, India Modern Institute of Medical Sciences, Director-Professor & Head of Anatomy [email protected] Indore Madhya Pradesh, India Lady Hardinge Medical College [email protected] New Delhi, India Imaging Anatomy Vishram Singh [email protected] Adjunct Professor Shashi Raheja Priti Chaudhary Kasturba Medical College Mangalore Professor & Head of Anatomy Professor (Additional) of Anatomy Manipal Academy of Higher Education Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Medical College & All India Institute of Medical Sciences Karnataka, India Hospital New Delhi, India Bhatinda Punjab, India [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Suresh Gangane Pushpalatha K. Rosemol Xaviour Professor of Anatomy Professor & Head of Anatomy Faculty of Anatomy Terna Medical College JSS Medical college, Mysuru Government Medical College Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Karnataka, India Thrissur, Kerala, India [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Sohinder Kaur Jyoti Arora Director & Professor of Anatomy Director-Professor & Head of Anatomy Osteology Lady Hardinge Medical College Postgraduate Institute of Medical New Delhi, India Education and Research Kalpana Ramachandran [email protected] Dr RML Hospital Professor & Head of Anatomy W.M.S. Johnson New Delhi, India Sri Muthukumaran Medical College Dean [email protected] Hospital and Research Institute Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Sushil Kumar Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Chennai Tamilnadu, India Professor & Head of Anatomy [email protected] [email protected] Armed Forces Medical College, Pune Mahindra Kumaranand Patnaik V.V. Gopichand Maharashtra, India Professor & Head of Anatomy Dean & Professor of Anatomy [email protected] G.S. Medical College & Hospital, Mamata Academy of Medical sciences Hapur Uttar Pradesh, India Hyderabad Telangana, India [email protected] [email protected] ISSN 2277-4025 eISSN 2321-2780

Renu Chauhan International Editorial Board Swamy K.B. Professor & Head of Anatomy Professor University College of Medical Sciences R. Shane Tubbs Department of Anatomy and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital Professor of Neurosurgery and Structural Director for International Affairs New Delhi, India & Cellular Biology Lincoln University College Malaysia [email protected] Director of Surgical Anatomy [email protected] Sharmila Pal Tulane University of School of Medicine Noel Thomas Boaz Professor of Anatomy New Orleans, LA USA Director, Professor of Anatomy KPC Medical College, Jadavpur, [email protected] Anatomy Laboratory Emory and Kolkata, West Bengal, India Srijit Das Henry College School of Health Sciences [email protected] Professor of Anatomy Marion, Virginia, USA Satyam Khare Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia [email protected] Professor & Head of Anatomy Kaulalampur, Malaysia Jay M. Crutchfield Subharti Medical College, Meerut [email protected] Chairman, Associate Professor Uttar Pradesh, India Ceri Davies A. T. Still University [email protected] Professor of Anatomy School of Osteopenic Medicine Anupama Mahajan Department of Surgery and Cancer Arizona, USA Professor & Head of Anatomy Imperial College London, UK [email protected] Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical [email protected] Murali D. Kuppusamy Naidu Sciences, Amritsar, Punjab, India Ponraj Professor Department of Anatomy [email protected] Lecturer Faculty of Medicine Anand Mishra School of Health Science, Biological University of Malaya Professor of Anatomy Sciences Kualalumphur, Malaysia Institute of Medical Sciences NYP College, Singapore [email protected] Banaras Hindu University [email protected] Eric F. Reichman Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India Gulgun Sengul Clinical Associate Professor [email protected] Professor of Anatomy Department of Emergency Medicine Preeti Sonje –Salgar Ege University, Turkey University of Texas Health Science Center Professor of Anatomy [email protected] Houston Medical School Dr DY Patil Medical College Hospital and D.R. Singh Houston, Texas, USA Research Centre, Pimpri Pune, India Professor & Head [email protected] [email protected] Department of Anatomy Jeffrey S. Sosnowski C. Swathi Poornima Nepalgunj Medical College Assistant Dean, Associate Professor Professor of Anatomy Chisapani, Nepal Medical Education Division Dr PSIMS & RF, Chinnoutapalli [email protected] University of South Alabama Andhra Pradesh, India Nihal Apaydin Alabama, USA [email protected] Professor of Anatomy & Brain Research [email protected] S. S. Raja Sekar Ankara University, Turkey Professor & Head of Anatomy, [email protected] Registered Office NRIIMS – Sangivalasa, Visakhapatnam Ian Paul Johnson Andhra Pradesh, India Professor of Anatomy Macquarie Flat – D, First Floor [email protected] University Sydney, Australia Vijaysri Durgalakshmi Apartments, Deepa Bhat [email protected] No-20, Lakshmipuram Genetic Counselor & Faculty of anatomy Joe Iwanaga Gandhi Road, Salem JSS Medical College, Mysuru Associate Professor Tamil Nadu – 636007, India Karnataka, India Department of Neurosurgery Website: www.clinicalanatomists.org [email protected] Clinical Neuroscience Research Centre ISSN 2321-1482 Tulane University of School of Medicine New Orleans, LA USA [email protected] ISSN 2277-4025 eISSN 2321-2780

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Wms Johnson Jitendra Patel Dean President Professor and Head (In-Charge) of Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital Anatomy Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Gunapriya Raghunah Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, [email protected] Professor & Head of Anatomy Ahmedabad Gujarat, India Daksha Dixit Saveetha Medical College, Chennai [email protected] Professor of Anatomy Tamilnadu, India Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College [email protected] Treasurer Belagaum, Karnataka, India [email protected] Vice President M. Kavimani D. Ravichandran Professor & Head of Anatomy Professor & Head of Anatomy M. Sivakumar Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, KMCH Institute of Health Sciences and Professor & Head of Anatomy Chennai Tamilnadu, India Research Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India JIPMER, Puducherry, India [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] N. Muthukumaravel Joint Treasurer Professor & Head of Anatomy General Secretary Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College and S. Karthick Hospital Puducherry, India N. Muthukumaravel Professor of Anatomy [email protected] Professor & Head of Anatomy Melmaruvathur Adiparasakthi Institute Deepti Shastri Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College and Medical Sciences & Research Deputy Dean & Professor of Anatomy Hospital Puducherry, India Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Vinayaka Mission’s Kirupananda Variyar [email protected] [email protected] Medical College and Hospital Salem, Tamilnadu, India Associate Secretary Web Master [email protected] Gunapriya Raghunath V. Gladwin G. Durga Devi Professor & Head of Anatomy Additional Professor of Anatomy Associate Professor of Anatomy, Saveetha Medical College, Chennai Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital Tamilnadu, India Medical Education and Research Chennai, Tamilnadu, India [email protected] Puducherry, India [email protected] Hirak Das [email protected] Assistant Professor of Anatomy Dipali Jayesh Trivedi Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Professor of Anatomy Gauhati Assam, India B J Medical College, Ahmedabad [email protected] Gujarat, India [email protected]

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