ANTHROP 2FF3 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Elastic Cartilage, Bone, Bone Mineral

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 2FF3
• Professor: Tracy Prowse

Document Summary

Skeleton - skeletos(greek): dried-up (body), from skellesthai-to dry up. Implies that bones are dead/dry; during life bone is a dynamic living tissue; bones can be affected by a variety of internal and external factors. 70% inorganic; bone mineral: hydroxyapatite (gives bone rigidity, hardness, and strength in compression) 30 % organic; bone collagen a structural protein (gives bone flexibility, elasticity, and strength in tension) Impact of health, disease, nutrition on past populations. Bioarchaeology - the study of the human skeleton in an archaeological context. Function of bone: support, protection of vital tissues and organs, mineral reservoirs (e. g. calcium), production of red blood cells, movements. Compact/cortical bone found on external surface of skeletal elements (thickest, densest bone, on the outside of bone, visible to naked eye. (few spaces or pores) Cancellous or spongy bone typically found in the ends of long bones; made up of small bars or plates called trabeculae.