ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Thoracic Vertebrae, Pelvis, Arthropod Leg

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 3FA3
• Professor: Andrew Wade

Document Summary

Typically found in the ends of long bones (have a shaft + 2 ends) Covered by a line layer of compact bone. Protection of vital tissues and organs (head, chest) Production of red blood cells marital cavities. Axial skeleton: skull, mandible, hyoid, vertebrae, ribs, sternum, sacrum. Appendicular skeleton: shoulder girdle, pelvic girdle, bones of arms and legs bones that connect to the axial skeleton. Skull the skeleton of the head; with or without the mandible. Vault or calvaria skull w/o facial bones brain case, separate from the facial skeleton. Part that is cut off when brain is observed. 22 bones (+ 6 ear bones) = 28. Eye orbit formed by many different intersecting bones. Cranium bones consist of 2 layers compact and spongy bone(diploe) Parietals (2) left and right mid line. Occipital underneath at the back where the spine connects. Ethmoid not visible in behind the nose. Sutures joints connecting bones of the skull, connected by dense fibrous connective tissue.