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Digital Teaching Collection: Leg

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All specimen shown represent bones of the leg.  The leg is the most reliable – but not the only – bone to estimate stature.


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Using your available reference material, identify the following:

  • What bone is it?
  • What side of the body did it come from?
  • What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
  • What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
  • What bones might it be confused with?

Specimen ID: STAFS 2019-039

Using your available reference material, identify the following:

  • What bone is it?
  • What side of the body did it come from?
  • What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
  • What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
  • What bones might it be confused with?

Specimen ID: STAFS 2012-023

Using your available reference material, identify the following:

  • What bone is it?
  • What side of the body did it come from?
  • What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
  • What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
  • What bones might it be confused with?

Specimen ID: STAFS 2012-023

Using your available reference material, identify the following:

  • What bone is it?
  • What side of the body did it come from?
  • What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
  • What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
  • What bones might it be confused with?

Specimen ID: STAFS 2012-002

Using your available reference material, identify the following:

  • What bone is it?
  • What side of the body did it come from?
  • What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
  • What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
  • What bones might it be confused with?

Specimen ID: STAFS 2019-039

Using your available reference material, identify the following:

  • What bone is it?
  • What side of the body did it come from?
  • What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
  • What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
  • What bones might it be confused with?

Specimen ID: STAFS 2012-023

Using your available reference material, identify the following:

  • What bone is it?
  • What side of the body did it come from?
  • What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
  • What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
  • What bones might it be confused with?

Specimen ID: STAFS 2014-012

Using your available reference material, identify the following:

  • What bone is it?
  • What side of the body did it come from?
  • What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
  • What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
  • What bones might it be confused with?

Specimen ID: STAFS 2013-037

Using your available reference material, identify the following:

  • What bone is it?
  • What side of the body did it come from?
  • What was the possible age of the individual at time of death?
  • What morphological features helped you to answer the above questions?
  • What bones might it be confused with?

Specimen ID: STAFS 2012-002

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