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The Human Bone Manual
1st Edition - September 29, 2005
Authors: Tim D. White, Pieter A. Folkens
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9780120884674
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eBook ISBN:9780080488998
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Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone Manual is intended for use outside the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic scient…Read more
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Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone Manual is intended for use outside the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic scientists, anthropologists and researchers. The compact volume includes all the key information needed for identification purposes, including hundreds of photographs designed to show a maximum amount of anatomical information.
Features more than 500 color photographs and illustrations in a portable format; most in 1:1 ratio
Provides multiple views of every bone in the human body
Includes tips on identifying any human bone or tooth
Incorporates up-to-date references for further study
Anthropologists, Archaeologists, Paleoanthropologists, Paleontologists, Forensic Pathologists, Forensic Anthropologists, Crime Scene Investigators, Osteopaths, Crime Labs, Police Departments, Medical Schools
PREFACE
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
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1.1 Human Osteology
1.2 A Guide to the Manual
1.3 Resources for the Osteologist
1.4 Identifying Bones
Chapter 2. FIELD PROCEDURES FOR SKELETAL REMAINS
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2.1 Search
2.2 Discovery
2.3 Excavation and Retrieval
2.4 Transport
Chapter 3. ETHICS IN OSTEOLOGY
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3.1 Ethics in Forensic Osteology
3.2 Ethics in Archeological Osteology
Chapter 4. BONE BIOLOGY & VARIATION
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4.1 Variation
4.2 A Few Facts about Bone
4.3 Bones as Elements of the Musculoskeletal System
4.4 Gross Anatomy of Bones
4.5 Molecular Structure of Bone
4.6 Histology and Metabolism of Bone
4.7 Bone Growth
4.8 Bone Repair
Chapter 5. POSTMORTEM SKELETAL MODIFICATION
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5.1 Bone Fracture
5.2 Bone Modification by Physical Agents
5.3 Bone Modification by Nonhuman Biological Agents
5.4 Bone Modification by Humans
Chapter 6. ANATQMICAL TERMINQLQGY
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6.1 Planes of Reference
6.2 Directional Terms
6.3 Motions of the Body
6.4 General Bone Features
Chapter 7. SKULL
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7.1 Handling the Skull
7.2 Elements of the Skull
7.3 Growth and Architecture, Sutures and Sinuses
7.4 Skull Orientation
7.5 Learning Cranial Skeletal Anatomy
7.6 Frontal (Figures 7.9–7.12)
7.7 Parietals (Figures 7.13–7.14)
7.8 Temporals (Figures 7.15–7.18)
7.9 Auditory Ossicles (Figure 7.19)
7.10 Occipital (Figures 7.20)
7.11 Maxillae (Figure 7.22)
7.12 Palatines (Figures 7.23–7.24)
7.13 Vomer (Figure 7.25)
7.14 Inferior Nasal Conchae (Figure 7.26)
7.15 Ethmoid (Figure 7.27)
7.16 Lacrimals (Figure 7.28)
7.17 Nasals (Figure 7.29)
7.18 Zygomatics (Figure 7.30)
7.19 Sphenoid (Figures 7.3–17.34)
7.20 Mandible (Figures 7.35–7.37)
Chapter 8. DENTITION
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8.1 Dental Form and Function
8.2 Dental Terminology
8.3 Anatomy of a Tooth
8.4 Tooth Identification
8.5 To Which Category (Class) Does the Tooth Belong? (Figures 8.4–8.5)
8.6 Is the Tooth Permanent or Deciduous? (Figures 8.4–8.5)
8.7 Is the Tooth an Upper or a Lower?
8.8 Where in the Arch Is the Tooth Located?
8.9 Is the Tooth from the Right or the Left Side?
Chapter 9. HYOID & VERTEBRAE
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9.1 Hyoid (Figures 9.1–9.3)
9.2 General Characteristics of Vertebrae
9.3 Cervical Vertebrae (n = 7) (Figures 9.4 and 9.8)
9.4 Thoracic Vertebrae (n = 12) (Figures 9.5 and 9.15)