ANTH Lab Practical 270 UO
ulna
medial bone of the forearm
Cercopithecoids
bilophodont molars, 2123, tails, old world, narrow nose and palate, laterally compressed, baboon&colobines&mandrills&macaque
sacrum
bone formed from five vertebrae fused together near the base of the spinal column
Homo heidelbergensis
broad parietal, enlarged occipital, which bones, small brain, cranial markings
phalanges
fingers, toes
metatarsals
foot bones
coccyx
four vertebrae fused together to form the tailbone
anterior
front of the body
Strepsirhines
grooming claw, tooth comb, big brain relative to eye size, post orbital Bar, 2133 Dental, long rostrum, lemurs&lorises&galagoes
metacarpals
hand bones
calcaneus
heel bone
inferior
away from the head
lateral
away from the midline
patella
kneecap
radius
lateral bone of the forearm
intermembral index
length of humerus+length of radius/ length of femur+length of tibia
Haplorhines
postorbital plate, short snout, forward facing eyes, tarsier&monkeys&apes
homo habilis
prognostic face, smaller face, smaller teeth
homo habilis
prognostic face, smaller face, smaller teeth, broad canines, short zygomatic arch
Homo neanderthalensis
projecting mid face, no mental eminence (chin), occipital bun, big nasal cavity, arching super orbital torus, 1520 cc brain capacity
archaic human
reduced brow ridge, chin, rounded rear vault
Australopthecus
saggiato keel, big teeth, prognathic
paranthropus
saggital crest, brow ridge, prognathic
tibia
shin bone
homo erectus
supraorbital torus (brow ridge), nuchal torus (occipital bun), saggital keel (no crest, bump), shovel incisors, prognathic, 900cm cubed cranial capacity
temporal fossa
temporalis origin
pelvis
the hip bone connects vertebral column to lower limb
femur
thigh bone
posterior
toward the back
superior
toward the head
medial
toward the midline
humurus
upper arm bone
Homodont vs. Heterodont
all the same teeth or different types
accetablum
feature of the pelvis
Hominoids
2123, y-5 molars, no tail, big brains, several cusps on teeth, bipedal
distal
farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
proximal
Closer to the point of attachment
bicondular angle
The bicondylar angle is the angle between the diaphysis of the femur and a line perpendicular to the infracondylar plane. The presence of a femoral bicondylar angle in Australopithecus afarensis indicates that these 3.5-million-year-old hominids were bipedal.
fibula
The lateral and smaller bone of the lower leg