Photographic regional atlas of bone disease : a guide to pathologic and normal variation in the human skeleton [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Using the photographic regional atlas -- II. A brief historyof paleopathology -- III. Preparing for a basic paleopathological analysis -- IV. Fundamentals of bone formation and remodeling. The necessity of knowing -- Osteoarthritis -- V. Diseases of individual bones. Skull and mandible -- Vertebra -- Rib -- Sacrum -- Innominate -- Manubrium and sternum -- Clavicle -- Scapula -- Humerus -- Radius and ulna -- Hand -- Femur -- Tibia -- Fibula -- Patella -- Foot -- VI. Fungal infectins -- VII. Treponematosis (syphilis) -- VIII. Tumors -- IX. Perimortem fractures versus postmortem breakage -- X. Entheseal change ("muscle markers of stress") -- XI. Case report: differential diagnosis of severe diffuse skeletal pathology in an adult Thai male -- XII. The human skeleton (ventral and dorsal views) -- XIII. Muscle attachments. Selected muscle attachment sites (ventral view) -- Selected muscle attachment sites (dorsal view) -- XIV. Plates.

The Photographic Regional Atlas of Bone Disease is intended to serve the needs of a diverse audience including paleopathologists, physical anthropologists and other anthropologists, police, crime scene technicians, medical examiners, radiologists, anatomists, and other medical specialists, regardless of training or experience. Although originally written as a manual for physical anthropologists, it has become a reference for anyone examining skeletal remains or dealing with bone disease, especially in dry-bone specimens. Over the years it has gained in popularity as one of the few "required" m

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