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of your body. Our bones make it possible to move. To help us move better we have four different types of joints. A joint is where two bones meet. The four types are hinge joint‚ ball and socket joint‚ pivot joint‚ and gliding joint. There are also some joints like the ones in your skull that don’t move. You also have four main types of bones long bones like the ones in your
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Most of our skeletal muscles are attached to bone on either end by tendons. As the muscles contract‚ they exert force on the bones. This force helps to support and move our body. Normally one end of the muscle is fixed in its position and the other end moves during contraction. The Origin is the attachment site that is stationary during contraction. The insertion is the site that does move when a muscle contracts. When we discuss the position of the Origin and insertion points‚ the insertion
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“An Echo in the Bone” by Denis Scott On May 1974‚ the first performance of Dennis Scott’s An Echo in the Bone was staged by the Drama Society at the University of the West Indies Mona campus in Jamaica. The play deals with the destructive impact slavery has left on the history of Afro West Indians. Scotts aim‚ through this play‚ is to reclaim and recreate the past lost to our ancestors as well as the voice taken from them‚ that merely stands today as an echo in the bone. Though he aspires
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The Aging Musculoskeletal System Bone and muscle health and maintenance are important in aging adults. However‚ it is especially imperative for elder Caucasian women to have good bone and muscle health. Not maintaining strong bones can lead to bone diseases‚ such as‚ osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. Poor muscle health can result in muscular atrophy. For example‚ Edith‚ who is an 84-year-old thin‚ small boned‚ white female suffers from all three of those diseases. Osteoporosis is a disease characterized
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movement for the body through our bones‚ joints‚ and muscles. This complex system goes through great changes as we grow older from birth to adulthood. It will also eventually dictate what our general physical make-up will be once we reach full adulthood. There are two-hundred and six bones in the human body. Most people think we need to grow and reach full adulthood before we have the two-hundred and six‚ but the truth is that when we are born‚ we have all of these bones‚ only they are less dense and
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It is a hard‚ bone-like material that takes up most of the tooth and contains nerves that send a message to the brain when something is wrong with the tooth. Dentin is also a yellow color and gives the tooth a yellowish appearance. Dentin is softer than the enamel but harder than bone. The dentin is a living tissue so it can have some growth and repair. Many things can hurt teeth. Hard candies
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Review Questions 1. What are epiphyseal fusions? What can they tell a forensic anthropologist? – Epiphyseal fusion is the fusion‚ and/or the closing of the ends of “growth plates”‚ or at places like the clavicle‚ iliac crest‚ and the long bones in our arms and legs. 2. What is ethnobotany? Why is this area helpful for forensic anthropologists? – Ethnobotany is the study of plant remains and pollens. I’d imagine that this would help determine time‚ and/or cause of death. 3. What is facial reconstruction
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The Human Skeletal System Introduction The human skeletal system is comprised of both fused and individual bones; supported and supplemented by ligaments‚ tendons‚ muscles and cartilage. The skeletons purpose is to protect and support the delicate internal organs and provide a framework that allows the body to stand upright and move. It also produces blood cells and stores minerals that our body needs to function effectively. The skeletal system is a very important part of the human body. Without
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The novel City Of Bones by Cassandra Clare follows the main character 15 year-old Clary Fray in her journey to find her missing mother. Clare takes the typical Fairy Tail and turns it upside down. The main ideas that stick out to me in this film is Love‚ Jealousy and prejudice. An important idea for me in the novel City Of Bones is the idea of love. In the book Clary falls the handsome Shadowhunter (half angel‚ half human) Jace Wayland. In the middle of all the chaos and fight they find time
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