Human Osteology

Year
1

Academic year
2019-2020

Code
02017263

Subject Area
Forensic Anthropology

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Other Languages of Instruction
English

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
6.0

Type
Compulsory

Level
Non Degree Course

Recommended Prerequisites

Nothing to report.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical analysis and practical classes with human skeletal remains.

Learning Outcomes

Students should acquire sound knowledge on human osteology. Students should be familiar with anatomical terminology and be able to identify human skeletal material and to side bones.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

The relevance of human osteology in Forensic Anthropology. Bone tissue: functions, constitution, macroscopic and microscopic structure. Histogenesis. Anatomical terminology. The skeleton: function and composition. Basics arthrology. Non-metric characters. Metric analysis.

The skull. The axial skeleton. The appendicular skeleton.

Osteology and osteometry of the subadult skeleton.

Head Lecturer(s)

Cláudia Isabel Soares Umbelino

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Buikstra J, Ubelaker D. 1994. Standards for data collection from human skeletal remains. Arkansas

Archaeological Survey Research Series; 44. Arkansas Archeological Survey: Fayetteville, AR.

Finnegan M. 1978. Non-metric variation of the infracranial skeleton. J. Anat. 125 (1): 23-37.

Saunders SR, Rainey DL. 2008. Nonmetric trait variation in the skeleton: abnormalities, anomalies and atavisms. In Katzenberg MA, Saunders SR (eds) Biological Anthropology of the human skeleton. 2nd ed. J. Wiley & Sons: 533-559.

Scheuer, L, Black, S. 2000. Developmental juvenile osteology. Oxford. Academic Press.

White T, Black MT, Folkens PA. 2012. Human Osteology. 3rd ed. San Diego. Academic Press.