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Physiology A: 01.05 THE HUMAN SKELETON ASSESSMENT SNEAK PEEK For the assessment in this lesson, you will be asked to review a case study in forensic anthropology. You will review a collection of bones in order to classify and categorize them into different skeletons. GRADING CHECKLIST Answer each of the following questions: 1. How many bones are in the collection? (This number is called the NISP- Number of Identified Specimens.) 2 points 2. Which of the bones in the collection belong to the axial skeleton? Which belong to the appendicular skeleton? 6 points 3. What is the maximum number of individuals who could be represented by these bones? Explain your answer. (Hint: Assume every bone in the collection could be from a different person.) 5 points 4. The MNI is the Minimum Number of Individuals—the lowest number of individuals needed to account for the bones present. Print out this Bone Collection Worksheet to help you calculate the MNI. It contains all the bones in the collection: 3 skulls, 6 femora, 4 os coxae, 2 humeri, 2 tibiae, and 5 scapulae. How many skeletons can you make from the bones in the worksheet? Recreate the skeletons and submit a picture of your skeletons to your instructor with each of the bones labeled. (Helpful Hint: Multiple bones of the same type can belong to the same individual. For example, one person has two femur bones, one on the right and one on the left.) 12 points 5. Why do you think the MNI is important when working in a scenario like this? 5 points

6. What do you tell the sheriff? 2 points MY response: How many bones are in the collection? (This number is called the NISP- Number of Identified Specimens.) The NISP for this “case” would be 22 bones. Which of the bones in the collection belong to the axial skeleton? Which belong to the appendicular skeleton? There are 7 Axial Skeleton bones and 15 Appendicular Skeleton bones. The 3 skulls and 4 hip bones are part of the axial skeleton. The 6 femora, 2 humeri, 2 tibiae, and 5 scapulas are part of the appendicuar skeleton What is the maximum number of individuals who could be represented by these bones? Explain your answer. (Hint: Assume every bone in the collection could be from a different person.) Looking at the bones that were found, there are 6 femur bones, 4 of them being for the right side of the body. With that in mind, it would seem as if there are 4 bodies to be discovered based on this fact alone. How many skeletons can you make from the bones in the worksheet? Recreate the skeletons and submit a picture of your skeletons to your instructor with each of the bones labeled. You can make 4 bodies out of the bones that have been provided by forensics Right Femur Hip Bone Left Scapula

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