Skeleton Key

The composition of David Wojnarowicz’s “When I Put My Hands on Your Body” fuses together a visual element with a literary element that must be considered together to fully interpret the piece. The background is a black and white reproduction of skeletons laid out on their rocky graves, yet Wojnarowicz has deliberately opted to obscure the image behind a wall of text. The foreground is composed of a blood-red text that encapsulates the narrative of “When I Put My Hands on Your Body.” The color of…

Bone is the main structural component of the body. Bones protect the body, they are the framework of the body, and they make it where on is just not a blob on the floor. A lot of time when one gets cancer in the bones it is an advanced form of cancer that has spread from elsewhere in the body. This is called metastatic cancer.(cancer.org) Other types include cancers that start in blood cells of the bone marrow. True bone cancers start from tumors, and are called sarcomas. (cancer.org)…

Anthropology postulates that race is not something that should be used to categorize humans, yet from specific landmarks on the cranium and post cranial skeleton an estimation of ancestry can be approximated with an accuracy of 80%. This value takes into account the variation in populations and the changes in skeletal morphology over an individual’s lifetime. Giles and Elliot (1962), provided a table of discriminant…

Achondroplasia is a genetic pattern inherited in a dominant pattern. It has one mutated gene in each cell that has the ability to cause achondroplasia however in most cases it streams from having a mutation randomly occur in the FGFR3 gene later in life. FGFR3 protein has many versions, which are found in different areas of the body. Many of these proteins are found in the cells that forms bone. FGFR3 is believed to regulate bone growth. Age can effects the mutation, therefore someone who…

to construct larger and sturdier bones. Adults have two hundred and six bones in the body; On the other hand, babies are born with approximately three hundred bones. The axial skeleton consists of eighty bones, which are part of the skull, hyoid bone, vertebral column and thoracic cage. Additionally, the appendicular skeleton consists of one hundred and twenty six bones that are part of the pectoral girdle, pelvic girdle, upper and lower limbs. Bones are connected to joints, ligaments, tendons…

Capitate bone The largest of the carpal bones (sometimes referred to as the os magnum), the capitate sits at the centre of the distal carpal row. A distinctive head shaped bone, it has a protected position in the carpus. The capitate is the site of a number of ligamentous attachments and articulations. Gross anatomy Osteology The capitate sits in a proximo-distal direction, with a waist that is proximal to the transverse midline. The head of the capitate sits proximally into the…

My focus for this report is to explain the role of skeletal muscles in the body and a specific disease that can come from it, if not functioning properly. It is well known that the main function of the muscular system is to generate movement. The muscles work together to move the body and organs, while also maintaining posture and body temperature. There are three types of muscle tissue; skeletal, cardiac, and smooth. Skeletal muscle is the most common of the three, since it’s connected to bone…

is living stature this type of stature refers to individuals who are 30 years in age or above at the time of their death, their bones indicate that they have begun to transition through the ageing process which incurs degenerative changes to the skeleton (Garwin…

The Skeletal system is very important to an organism. It’s made of the bones inside our body and the tissue that connects them. The function of the skeletal system is to provide support and protection for organs such as the brain, kidneys, and the heart. In addition, the bones with the help of muscle give the body structure for mobility. There’s various diseases that can affect the bones but osteoporosis is one of the most common diseases that affects people in America (Mayo Clinic:…

death. When someone dies they call a forensic Anthropology to finger out why this is person dead. When skeletonized remains are discovered, the first step to determine whether the bones is human remains. If so, the sex, race, age, stature, of the skeleton in order to established the identification of the remains, determine manner and cause of death and, if homicide, forensics can identify the murderer. According to forensic medicine “Forensic anthropologists are "bone detectives" who help police…