SUMMARY:At arteria femoralis, arteria profunda femoris is the main branch feeding the thigh. After iliofemoral embryological evolution many variations can be seen in this vessel. The absence of a. profunda femoris is one of the rare seen variation among these variations. Knowing the anatomy and variations of a. profunda femoris well, is important in low extremity ischemia, vessel surgery and angiography applications. In this study, 1036 films belonging to low extremity found in the Radiology department of School of Medicine of Cumhuriyet University were examined as retrospective. Among these films at four of them of male cases, absence of a. profunda femoris was detected. In cases at ages of 32, 37, 47 and 53 respectively, in the first and second case at the right low extremity there was no a. profunda femoris and at the left low extremity it was seen that a. circumflexus femoris medialis and a. circumflexus femoris lateralis emerged from a. profunda femoris. In the third case it was detected that at left low extremity a. profunda femoris did not exist, and at right low extremity a. circumflexus femoris lateralis emerged from a. profunda femoris, and a. circumflexus femoris medialis emerged from a. femoralis. In the fourth case at left low extremity there was no a. profunda femoris and at right low extremity it was seen that at a. profunda femoris and a. femoralis were in unsteady course. The absence of a. profunda femoris had 0,4%. The results were discussed by comparing with literature data.

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Measurements of bones give us information about the individual and the population it belongs to. In these studies, in addition to head and pelvis skeleton, calcaneus bone is also one of the other studied body bones as it can be preserved well. In the present study, 65 (35 right-30 left) well-preserved calcaneus bones were evaluated in Anatomy Laboratories of Cumhuriyet University and Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University. With these bones, 10 linear measurements were made and Boehler's angle was measured. In calcaneus measurements, right-left side difference was determined in body height (BH) of the bone (P<0.05). Boehler's angle was found 20-40 0 , and a significant correlation was found between Boehler's angle and minimum width (MINW) of the bone (P<0.01). A significant correlation was detected between all other linear bone measurements except for anteroposterior maximum length (MAXL) of calcaneus and width of calcaneal sulcus(WSC)(P<0.01). By regression of calcaneus measurements, anteroposterior length of the bone can be calculated up to 1mm.Calcaneus is one of the bones commonly used by anthropologists and forensic scientists as it is preserved well. Morphometric values of calcaneus and the analyses made shall contribute to anatomy science, orthopedic surgery, kinesiology and forensic sciences.