Trabecular Bone Structure Correlates with Hand Posture and Use in Hominoids

Image taken from Tsegai et al. article p. 3.

A paper from PLOS ONE investigating the structure of trabecular bone of the third metacarpal in apes, gibbons and humans and it’s relation to their locomotion.

Full citation:

Tsegai Z. J. et al. (2013) ‘Trabecular Bone Structure Correlates with Hand Posture and Use in Hominoids’. PLOS ONE 11: 1- 14 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078781

Sperm Whales and the Bends

Bone remodeling in whales

Whilst looking into the skull of a sperm whale I came across this article looking at sperm whales and the bends and how some of the bones are effected. I have never really considered before that marine animals could suffer from this condition as one would assume that they would adapt for live in the deep ocean.

If you’re interested check out my page here or for the original article click here

Free sphenoid e-book

http://www.anatomyatlases.org/atlasofanatomy/plate02/06antsphenoid.shtml

So I just came a cross this free e-book about the human shenoid book through tumblr. It’s pretty good and has simple descriptions of the different elements of the bone. Definitely worth a read!

Skull modification – it’s a real thing!

http://asylumscience.com/2012/09/14/forgotten-histories-of-psychosurgery-and-facing-our-fears/

So I decided to have a quick look at skull modification and started with trephanation.

Check it out – Skull Modification

I’m hoping to add a bit more on cranial deformation later on.

New Page Added about Human Teeth

As I have been looking at the Human Skull I thought it would be good idea to write a bit about the teeth as well. Click on the link to find out more or go through my ‘Skull of the Month’ page.

https://beautifullybony.wordpress.com/bone-of-the-month/november-2013-human/human-teeth/

Changed my mind…

Instead of doing a ‘bone of the month’ I’m now doing ‘SKULL of the month’. Basically I’ll pick a skull of an animal to research every month and share it with you  – this month HUMAN.

Check out my page to find out more