[ANTHROP 2200] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (46 pages long!)
29 Nov 2016
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Why are bones important: primate and human evolution studied using bones, compare past and present anatomy, locomotion, diet, study human variation and lifestyle of past peoples, identify remains in forensic cases. Within our bones, 2 different types of bones: Protection of other body parts: ex: skull protects brain. Structural framework: ex: providing surface for muscle attachment. Reservoir for important minerals: ex: calcium and phosphate. Transverse: cuts body horizontally in a cross-section. Which is closer to head: superior = closer, inferior = further. Front or back: anterior = towards front, posterior = towards back. How close to midline: medial = toward midline, lateral = away from midline. = 206 bones total in an adult. Axial skeleton: on midline of body (sagittal: coat hanger of the body. Frontal (1: nasals (2, zgomatics (2, maxillae (2, mandible (2 bones fused by age 1) Lateral: parietals (2, temporals (2, occipital (1)
