All specimens shown represent bones of the arm.
Use your available reference material to answer 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?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Femoral and humeral heads have rounded articulation surfaces, and can be confused easily if an observer is not careful to look for features that differentiate them.
Specimen ID: STAFS 2009-004
Use your available reference material to answer 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?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Femoral and humeral heads have rounded articulation surfaces, and can be confused easily if an observer is not careful to look for features that differentiate them.
Specimen ID: STAFS 2019-039
Use your available reference material to answer 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?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Femoral and humeral heads have rounded articulation surfaces, and can be confused easily if an observer is not careful to look for features that differentiate them.
Specimen ID: STAFS 2012-23
Use your available reference material to answer 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?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Femoral and humeral heads have rounded articulation surfaces, and can be confused easily if an observer is not careful to look for features that differentiate them.
Specimen ID: STAFS 2009-004
Use your available reference material to answer 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?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Femoral and humeral heads have rounded articulation surfaces, and can be confused easily if an observer is not careful to look for features that differentiate them.
Specimen ID: STAFS 2012-023
Use your available reference material to answer 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?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Femoral and humeral heads have rounded articulation surfaces, and can be confused easily if an observer is not careful to look for features that differentiate them.
Specimen ID: STAFS 2012-023
Use your available reference material to answer 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?
When identifying fragments, keep in mind:
- Femoral and humeral heads have rounded articulation surfaces, and can be confused easily if an observer is not careful to look for features that differentiate them.
Specimen ID: R-22, UT Teaching Collection
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