Lecture 4 - Human Osteology

M1: Osteology, Anthropology
& Forensic Context



LECTURE #4
Human Osteology & Anatomy




The Human
Skeleton




 Can reveal information about sex and ancestry
 Skull
o Entire bony head including the face and mandible
The Skull  Cranium (crania)
o Skull excluding the mandible
 Calvaria (calvariae)
o Cranium without the face


Bones of the  Skull – 28 Bones
Skull o **including ear ossicles
 PAIRED BONES
o Parietals, temporals, maxillae, ear ossicles, zygomatics, nasals,

, M1: Osteology, Anthropology
& Forensic Context


lacrimals, inferior nasal conchae,
 UNPAIRED BONES
o Front, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid, vomer, mandible




 TESTABALE BONES
o Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital, Zygomatic, Maxillary,
Mandible


 Coronal
o Runs
horizontally
between frontal
and parietal
bones
 Sagittal
o Midline
separation
between the
parietal bones
Sutures of the  Lambdoidal
Skull o At the back of
the skull,
separating
occipital from
the temporal
and parietal
bones
 Squamosal
o On the lateral surface of the skull; separates the parietal from
the temporal bone