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    Missing Person Observation

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    Bones that were taken from the body at the crime scene went under much analysis in order to determine the gender, race, height, and age of the missing person that was retrieved. The first part of data was retrieved in order to determine the gender of the missing person. The pelvic bone was analyzed first. The first measurement made was for the degree of the Sub-Pubic angle and gave forth the measurement of 84 degrees. This test, however, was redone and the final determination of the angle is…

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    -The axial skeleton consists of a the skull, hyoid bone, auditory ossicles, vertebral column (spine), sternum bone, and the ribs. -The appendicular skeleton consists of the shoulder girdles, upper limbs, pelvic girdles, and lower limbs. -Bones are living tissue that make up the skeleton. They are primarily composed of three types of tissue. These three types are compact tissue, cancellous tissue, and subchondral tissue. -Compact tissue is the outer layer of bones and is harder than the other…

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    Bone Fracture Case Study

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    left side of her skull twice when she was rushed into the emergency room. After radiographic images were taken and a skull series was performed it was evident that the patient had an open communited depressed fracture of the left temporal bone. Other radiological modalities were utilized in diagnosing the type and severity of her fracture. After diagnosis was made apparent then the appropriate treatment was provided to help Ms. Jenner on a road to recovery. Depressed Skull Fracture A 65…

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    Skeletal System

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    cartilage, bones, tendons and ligaments. The skeletal system also functions as a means of providing mobility and a storage unit for minerals, fats and production of blood cells. There are different components that make up the skeleton. The skeleton is firm, yet flexible from its fibrous connective tissues filled with minerals all known as the bone, cartilage, tendons, joints, and ligaments. The bone is comprised of collagen and calcium phosphate, which contributes to the firmness of the bone.…

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    Muscular Skeletal System

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    Flat bones = blue (There are flat bones in the skull and the pelvis. The function of flat bones is to protect internal organs such as the brain, heart, and pelvic organs. Flat bones are somewhat flattened, and can provide protection, like a shield; flat bones can also provide large areas of attachment for muscles.) [3] Long bones = red (The long bones, longer than they are wide, include the femur (the longest bone in the body) as well as relatively small bones in the fingers. Long bones…

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    There is bone checking on cervical, thoracic, vertebrae. These bones are irregular, so they gathered by cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral. The gatherings have different measures of vertebras for everyone. The cervical spine aggregate has seven vertebras. The thoracic spine aggregate has twelve. There are five vertebrae's in the lumbar spine. The last section is sacrum, and there is five vertebrae's in the sacrum excluding the three vertebrae's in the coccyx. "Bone markings along the edge of…

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    backlogs are backed up of missing person cases in the district police. A middle-aged couple was out doing an early morning jog when they discovered a human skull buried in the dirt. They claimed to have been out 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…

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    Figurative Face

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    that forensic anthropologists literally do reconstruct a new face from the skull. The artist tries to get it as accurately as possible using clues from the skull, crime scene, and their knowledge of anatomy. Figuratively they give them a figurative face. This would include a story, a face, an identity. When forensic anthropologists reconstruct a face they are literally giving the deceased person a face. They take the skull of the person’s face. From there they have a trained artist who…

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    Bones is a television show based on solving murder mysteries by identifying out of place markings on the human skeleton. The episode “The Bump in the Road” is about body found in the middle of the highway and the efforts that are gone through to find the murderer. By watching an episode of Bones, “The Bump in the Road”, I was able to recognize the bones talked about in the episode, and even the anatomical landmarks on those bones. During this episode of Bones, the team of experts was trying…

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    system includes the skull, vertebral column, thoracic cage, pectoral and pelvic girdle, and the upper and lower limbs. The skeletal system is made up of two different regions, the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton (see Figure 1, Appendix A) The average baby is born with 270 bones which fuse together as they age and decrease to about 206 bones by late teens, early twenties. The skeletal system provides support, protection, production, storage (Saladin, 2015). The Skull The most…

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