ANT 211
Fundamentals of Forensic Anthropology
with Dr. Albert 

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Learning Bones II:  Online Supplement

Before you begin, please note: The topics "Learning Bones, I, II, and III" in this course are intended to give you a very basic introduction to the human osteology background that a forensic anthropologist acquires.  Your Burns text, the Osteointeractive website below, and other sources you may find, are fairly detailed with regard to numerous features and terminology.  You are not required to know these.  Use the online worksheet questions (see links below) as a guide for what to know.  Again, the emphasis is on the basics--this is a 200-level course.

For this topic, Learning  Bones I, use your Burns text to study the names and location and articulations (what bones connect with what other bone(s), and some general features (parts of bones with distinct names), of the bones listed below.  The hyperlink takes you to a set of questions to answer--for self-assessment and practice-- related to the bones and terms of direction (from Learning Bones I).

As a supplement to your text, check out Osteointeractive, a website with osteology information for you to learn bones from and practice with--here's the link: http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/index2.html

• From the Osteointeractive website, you can skip the intro (click "skip intro")

• Go to the "Human Osteology" link and try out the various options.

Also visit WebAnatomy: http://msjensen.education.umn.edu/webanatomy/

• Practice Worksheet:  Humerus, radius, ulna

• Pratice Worksheet:  Femur, tibia, fibula

• Practice Worksheet:  Carpals & metacarpals; tarsals & metatarsals; phalanges

Answers to the practice worksheets are provided via links from those pages.