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17: Appendix A - Osteology

  • Jason M. Organ & Jessica N. Byram

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Learning Objectives

  • Identify anatomical position and anatomical planes, and use directional terms to describe relative positions of bones and teeth.
  • Describe the different regions of the human skeleton and identify (by name) all of the bones within them.
  • Distinguish major bony features of the human skeleton like muscle attachment sites and passages for nerves and/or arteries and veins.
  • Identify the bony features relevant to estimating age and sex in forensic and bioarchaeological contexts.

Thumbnail: The skull consists of the cranium and the mandible (jawbone). The cranium is further divided into the neurocranium and viscerocranium. Credit: Parts of the Skull (Anatomy & Physiology, Figure 7.3) by OpenStax has been modified (some labels modified or removed) and is under a CC BY 4.0 License. [Image Description]

This chapter is a revision from “Appendix A: Osteology” by Jason M. Organ and Jessica N. Byram. In Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology, first edition, edited by Beth Shook, Katie Nelson, Kelsie Aguilera, and Lara Braff, which is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.


This page titled 17: Appendix A - Osteology is shared under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Jason M. Organ & Jessica N. Byram (Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges) via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform.

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