Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains. ([2003])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Donald J. Ortner.
• Authors: Ortner, Donald J
• Contents: 1. Introduction; ; History of the First Edition; ; History of the Second Edition; ; Objectives of the Second Edition; ; Format of the Book; ; Acknowledgments for the First Edition; ; Acknowledgments for the Second Edition; ; Abbreviations; ; A Brief History of Paleopathology; ; Research in Paleopathology at the Smithsonian Institution; ; 2. The Biology of Skeletal Tissues; ; Cellular Biology of Bone and Cartilage; ; Bone Cells; ; Cartilage Cells; ; Types of Cartilage; ; Growth and Development of Bone; ; Modeling of Skeletal Tissue; ; Types of Bone Tissue; ; Remodeling of Skeletal Tissue; ; Microscopic Bone Remodeling; ; Activation; ; Resorption; ; Reversal; ; Formation; ; Quiescence; ; Osteon Remodeling; ; Bone Biochemistry and Mineral Homeostasis; ; Growth and Development of the Spine; ; Growth and Development of Teeth; ; Vascular Conditions That Affect Bone Formation and Destruction; ; 3. Background Data in Paleopathology; ; Data Basic to Paleopathological Analysis; ; Age Determination; ; Ethnic Determination; ; Sex Determination; ; Stature Determination; ; Demographic Analysis; ; Archeological Excavation and Documentation; ; 4. Methods Used in the Analysis of Skeletal Lesions; ; Gross Study of Skeletal Lesions; ; Distribution of Lesions within the Skeleton; ; Types of Bone Abnormalities; ; Types of Abnormalities Associated with Joints; ; Radiological Study of Skeletal Lesions; ; Microscopic Study of Skeletal Lesions; ; 5. Recent Advances in Bone, Dentin, and Enamel Biochemistry; ; Introduction; ; Mineralized Tissue Cell Biology; ; The Mineral of Bone, Dentin, and Enamel; ; Paleopathological Considerations; ; The Collagens of Bones and Teeth; ; Paleopathological Considerations; ; The Noncollagenous Proteins of Bones and Teeth; ; Paleopathological Considerations; ; Growth, Turnover, and Aging; ; Conclusions; ; 6. Light Microscopic Analysis in Skeletal Paleopathology; ; The Need for Microscopic Analysis; ; Materials and Methods; ; Postmortem Changes; ; General Comments on Proliferative Reactions; ; Periosteal Reactions on Long Bones; ; Polsters; ; Grenzstreifen; ; Meningeal Reactions; ; Fracture of Skull Vault and Concomitant Phenomena; ; Primary Inflammatory Processes of the Pericranium and Skull Vault; ; Porotic Hyperostosis; ; Pseudopathology; ; Conclusions and Summary; ; 7. Theoretical Issues in Paleopathology; ; Evolutionary Dynamics in The Human; ; Response to Disease; ; Scientific Nature of Paleopathology; ; Diagnostic Issues in Paleopathology; ; Inferences about the Health Status of a Population Based on Evidence of Skeletal Disease; ; Limitations of Skeletal Evidence of Disease; ; Female Immune Reactivity and Maternal Mortality; ; Gender As a Factor in Malnutrition and Morbidity; ; Hypothetical Models of Male and Female Immune Reactivity; ; Male/Female Ratios in Infectious Disease; ; Implications for Interpreting Evidence of Disease in Archeological Human Skeletons; ; Implications for Research in Paleopathology; ; Conclusions; ; 8. Trauma; ; Introduction; ; Fracture; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Dislocation; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Deformation; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Scalping; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Mutilation; ; Trephination; ; History; ; Paleopathology; ; Traumatic Problems Arising from Pregnancy; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Sincipital-T Mutilation; ; Summary and Conclusions; ; 9. Infectious Diseases: Introduction, Biology, Osteomyelitis, Periostitis, Brucellosis, Glanders, and Septic Arthritis; ; Introduction; ; Humoral Versus Cellular Responses to Infectious Agents; ; Vascular Changes in Response to Infectious Agents; ; The Biology of Infection; ; Osteomyelitis; ; Pathology; ; Hematogenous Osteomyelitis; ; Changes in Individual Bones; ; Paleopathology; ; The Skull; ; Postcranial Osteomyelitis; ; Periostitis; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Brucellosis; ; Introduction; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Glanders; ; Pathology; ; Septic Arthritis; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; 10. Infectious Diseases: Tuberculosis and Leprosy; ; Tuberculosis; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Leprosy; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; 11. Infectious Diseases: Treponematosis and Other Bacterial Infectious Diseases; ; Treponematosis; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Leishmaniasis; ; Pathology; ; Actinomycosis and Nocardiosis; ; Pathology; ; Mycetoma (Maduromycosis); ; Pathology; ; 12. Infectious Diseases: Mycotic, Viral, and Multicelled Parasitic Diseases of the Human Skeleton; ; Introduction; ; Mycosis; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Viral Infections; ; Introduction; ; Smallpox (Variola); ; Rubella; ; Multicelled Parasitic Infections Echinococcosis; ; Introduction; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Sarcoidosis; ; Introduction; ; Pathology; ; 13. Circulatory Disturbances; ; Introduction; ; Blood Supply of Bones; ; Osteonecrosis; ; Introduction; ; Pathology; ; Necrosis of the Femoral Head; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease and Slipped Femoral Capital Epiphysis; ; Pathology; ; Paleopathology; ; Other Disorders Associated with Osteonecrosis; ; Kehler's Diseases of the Tarsal Navicular Bone; ; Freiberg's Disease of a Metatarsal Head; ; Kienbeck's Disease of the Carpal Lunate Bone; ; Other Diseases Associated with Trauma and Vascular Deficiency; ; Osteochondritis Dissecans; ; Osgood-Schlatter Disease of the Tibial Tubercle; ; Hypertrophic (Pulmonary) Osteoarthropathy; ; Aneurysmal Erosion; ; 14. Reticuloendothelial and Hematopoietic Disorders; ; Introduction; ; Reticuloendothelial Diseases; &l
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: San Diego : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 616.07; Paleopathology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080525631; 0080525636
• Related ISBNs: 9780125286282
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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