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    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…

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    walking. The skeletal system supports the striated muscle which allows movement to occur. The striated muscle connects the bone and muscle together. The skeletal system relies on the muscular system for calculated movement. For example, the axial skeleton needs muscle to allow movement. 2. Digestive System and Excretory System The digestive system depends on the excretory system to remove waste produced by the act of digestion. The waste is separated from the nutrients in the small intestine. It…

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    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)…

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    The first skeleton which took hours to remove from the grave was identified using dental records to be Gabor Neugebauer. The second skeleton which was identified as Anja Habschied, had one feature that the rest did not… she had been decapitated and the angle of which her spine had been sliced showed that she had been kneeling…

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    Skeletal Muscle Report

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    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…

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    they need. Teeth are also a part of the skeletal system but they are not considered bones. The axial skeleton consists of eighty bones, which is forty percent of all bones. These bones are located in the vertebral column, the rib cage, and in the skull. It provides the framework of our skeleton. It protects the brain, spinal cords, and the internal organs in an individual's body. The axial skeleton is in the center which provides attachments for the rest of the bones in our body.…

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    jogging in the local Chesterville park. They stated that they stopped to get a drink when they stumbled upon what appeared to be a human skull and a tibia. They called the police. When the police arrived at the scene they unearth two human skeletons. The skeletons looked like they have been there for away without disturbance. One of the bodies looked to a teenager or adult and the other one…

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    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…

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    protect them from any outside harm. For example, you have your cranium which supports your brain and your ribs support your lungs and other abdominal organs. Many people believe that our skeletal system is what makes us move, but in the reality, the skeleton gives us the “ability” to move. An interesting fact that many people do not know is that babies have more bones than adults. As a baby, you are born with a total…

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    Skeleton Study Essay

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    Skeleton study reveals Romans racked by joint problems and gout A groundbreaking study of 2,000 ancient Roman skeletons has shed new light on the harsh realities of life in imperial Rome. The multi/disciplinary study was carried out on skeletons unearthed in the Roman suburbs during the last 15 years, during building work to construct a new high speed railway between Rome and Naples. The study saw each of the skeletons scanned with modern imaging techniques and the results of which were…

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