Fingerprint analysis and gender predilection among medical students

Abstract

Fingerprint is an impression of friction skin ridges, known as dermal ridges or dermal papillae, on a surface and its study is known as  Dermatoglyphics. The word "Dermatoglyphics" indicates the study of epidermal ridge pattern on fingers, palm, and soles.  Dermatoglyphics are constant and individualistic and form the most reliable criteria of identification.In the present study an attempt  has been made to study the fingerprint patterns in medical students at M.G.M. Medical College Indore. Fingerprint patterns were  studied in 194 students, 107 males and 87 females. Dermatoglyphic prints of the fingertips were taken using the ink method. The main  objective of the present study is to evaluate the distribution of dermatoglyphics fingertip patterns in both hands among males and  females and the findings of the study are compared with the available data.