osteology
/ˌɒstɪˈɒlədʒi
/noun [mass noun]
The study of the structure and function of the skeleton and bony structures.The book probes the limits of forensic osteology and examines both successes and failures....
- This attention actually relates to the developmental molecular biology of the pituitary, rather than to osteology.
- It is clear however that the human skeleton is unlike that of any other animal and this uniqueness is exploited in the science of osteology, where recognition of ‘human’ plays a vital role.
Derivatives
osteological
/ adjective ...- These structures are interpreted as osteological correlates of a system of air sacs and pneumatic diverticula similar to that of birds.
- However the inner ear is divided, the osteological result is the same.
- In addition, the osteological experts will analyze the skeletal data for this group and compare their individual data with similar data from other Civil War era remains.
osteologically
- Now, if you want to redefine birds osteologically to take in Caudipteryx, then what you do is to take the definition down very deeply into the Coelurosauria.
- If a partly exposed skeleton is ‘deemed osteologically or archaeologically important’, the trench should be extended, but remains should otherwise be reinterred.
osteologist
- A bone osteologist based at York University will undertake the examination of the human bones and this analysis will hopefully determine the age, sex and possible causes of death.
- Whether further excavation work will be carried out depends on the results from the bone osteologist.
- The co-author of Extinct Humans is Jeffrey H. Schwartz, an osteologist and paleontologist at the University of Pittsburgh.