ANTH 100A Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Supraorbital Foramen, Accessory Bone, Frontal Suture
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Bone pathology: new bone is added, osteoblasts form bone, bone is taken away (resorbed, osteoclasts destroy bone by dissolving it away. Look at distribuion across the whole body: patern of lesions all over helps diagnose disease. Diferent diseases afect diferent parts of body. Not all bones are present in some cases diicult to see distribuion of diseases, must be cauious crucial piece may be missing. Infected bones are more delicate pathological bones someimes disintegrate. Disease must be chronic for it to appear on bone, takes a while to occur: many diseases also do not afect bone, do not see a lot of bone disease on children. Kids die of acute diseases (fast and severe) Dental disease: calciied dental plaque (calculus, caviies (carries, gum disease (periodontal disease, abscess, infecion. Infecions: leprosy, tuberculosis, syphilis, osteomyeliis, sinusiis, oiis media. Congenital (birth defects: clet palate, craniosynostosis, congenital hip dysplasia.
