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ANTHR 543

Advanced Juvenile Osteology

3 units

Winter 2023 · Juvenile Osteology

Topics

  • To appreciate the relevance of juvenile osteology to archaeology and forensic anthropology
  • To identify the bony elements of the human skeleton at key stages in infancy, childhood, and adolescence
  • To identify and describe the development and the sequence of eruption of teeth including the deciduous and permanent dentitions

Readings

  • Cunningham, Scheuer & Black (2017) Developmental Juvenile Osteology 2nd Edition Elsevier Academic Press
    required
Fall 2018 · Juvenile Osteology

Topics

  • Course Introduction
  • Growth & development of bones
  • The embryonic skeleton
  • Development of the cranial vault and face
  • Skeletal anatomy of the cranial vault and base I
  • Skeletal anatomy of the cranial vault and base II
  • Skeletal anatomy of the face
  • Development of the dentition
  • Juvenile dentition Lab
  • Developmental anomalies of the cranium
  • Development of the spine and thorax
  • Skeletal anatomy of the spine and thorax
  • Developmental anomalies of spine and thorax
  • Upper limb skeletal anatomy and development
  • Lower limb skeletal anatomy and development
  • Developmental anomalies of the limbs
  • The human skeletal growth pattern
  • Skeletal growth variation
  • Skeletal inventory Lab I
  • Skeletal inventory Lab II

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