Objective- To study the variations in origin of profunda femoris artery and its branches in cadavers.

Materials and Methods- In the present study, dissection was performed on 60 lower extremities of 30 embalmed cadavers in the department of anatomy, Dr.D.Y.Patil Medical college, Kolhapur. Prevalence of the mode and configurations of origins of the profunda femoris artery, medial and lateral femoral circumflex arteries were observed.

Result- In our study we found that Profunda femoris artery was originating from the femoral artery 37.12 mm distal to the midpoint of the inguinal ligament. The lateral and medial femoral circumflex arteries were originating directly from femoral artery in 15% and 22% of extremities respectively.

Conclusion- Clinicians and surgeons should be fully aware with such variations while performing any invasive, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

INTRODUCTION Dermatoglyphics is a scientific study of epidermal ridge configuration on palm, soles and fingertips valuable for medico legal and genetic investigations. Dermatoglyphics form in utero during early gestation and may be influenced by genetic and environmental factors operating at that time. Present investigation was undertaken to study alterations in dermatoglyphic patterns with special reference to various congenital heart diseases (CHD). The study involved 102 cases of CHD and 100 cases of normal individuals. It was observed that percent frequency of ulnar loops significantly increased in CHD group as compared to control group. Mean 'atd' angle was also increased in CHD group as compared to control group indicating distal displacement of palmar axial triradius (t). Thus, rise in frequency of ulnar loops and increase in 'atd' angle can be considered as one of the diagnostic criteria for CHD.

BACKGROUND Kidneys are retroperitoneal organs normally supplied by the paired renal arteries. Each kidney is supplied by a single renal artery which arises as a lateral branch of abdominal aorta, between the levels of L1 and L2. Morphological variations of renal artery include variations in their number and unusual branches. Most of these variations remained unknown until being discovered during any surgical procedure or found during autopsy. We wanted to determine prevalence of multiple renal arteries in Kolhapur population and to provide their surgical correlation. METHODS Formalin embalmed 50 cadavers constituted the material for study. During routine abdominal dissection conducted for medical undergraduates in the Department of Anatomy, kidneys along with their arteries were explored and the morphological variations of renal arteries were noted. RESULTS We observed multiple renal artery variations in 32 cadavers including duplicate renal arteries, triplicate renal arteries, prehilar multiple branching, superior polar and inferior polar artery. CONCLUSIONS Awareness of variations of renal artery is necessary for surgical management during renal transplantation, repair of abdominal aorta aneurysm, urological procedures and for angiographic interventions.

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