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Forensic Anthropology |
Type of applied physical anthropology that specializes in the human skeletal system for purposes of identifying unknown remains |
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Osteology |
The study of bones |
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Osteons |
Structures in bones that carry the blood supply |
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Femur |
Thigh bone - largest bone in the body; extending from the hip to the knee |
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Tibia |
Long bone found in the leg, extending from the knee to the ankle |
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Humerus |
Long bone found in the arm extending from the shoulder to the elbow |
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Radius |
Long bone found in the arm extending from the elbow to the wrist |
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Os Pubis |
Area on the anterior side of the pelvis where the hip bones come together |
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Ventral Arc |
A bony ridge that is formed on the ventral (lower) side of the female os pubis |
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Epihyses |
Growth plates found at the end of long bones; form in adolescence and fuse to the bone in early adulthood |
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Diaphysis |
The shaft of a long bone |
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Clavicle |
Also known as the collar bone; its medial ends meet in the center of the body |
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Suture |
Immovable joints where bones are joined together |
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Symphysis |
A place where two bones meet and may rub together. |
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Mongoloid |
Descriptor for people of Asian, Native American and Polynesian descent. |
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Negroid |
Descriptor for people of African, Aborigine, and Melanesian descent. |
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Caucasoid |
Descriptor for people of European, Middle Eastern, and East Indian descent. |
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Blunt Force Trauma |
Made by a wide instrument or a round surface; eg. being hit by a car or a bat |
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Projectile Trauma |
Exhibits complete displacement of bone with radiating fractures outward from this displaced bone eg. gun or crossbow |
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Sharp Force Trauma |
Force applied over a narrow focus; ax, ice pick or spear |
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Strangulation |
Results in a broken Hyoid bone (except with children under 20) |
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Hyoid Bone |
Horse shoe shaped bone composed of smaller bones with fuse in adulthood; found in the neck |
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Compression |
Pushing force (opposite of tension) at 90 degress from the surface of the bone. |
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Shearing |
Pushing on a bone at smaller angle than 90 degrees - almost across the bone |
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Bending |
A force that impacts a bone at a right angle to the bone where part of the bone can move and bend |
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Torsion |
One end of the bone is stationary the other end is twisting around the long axis of the bone. |
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Tension |
Pulling on opposite ends of the bone in opposite direction. |
