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The skeletal system

Author: Evelyn B Kelly
Publisher: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Series: Human body systems (Westport, Conn.)
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Examines the role and function of the human skeletal system.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Evelyn B Kelly
ISBN: 0313325219 9780313325212 0313331197 9780313331190
OCLC Number: 53971900
Description: xviii, 231 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Functions of the skeletal system -- Bones of the central skeleton: the axial system -- Bones of the limbs: the appendicular system -- Joints, ligaments, tendons, and cartilage -- Bone growth and renewal -- The embryology of the skeletal system -- The ancient world: bones and the beginnings of orthopedics -- The rise of Christianity through the Dark Ages: bones, religion, and superstition -- The Renaissance: the skeletal system as anatomy text -- The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: the rise of orthopedics -- The nineteenth century: orthopedics as a speciality -- The twentieth century: bones, research, and advancing technology -- The twenty-first century and beyond: a new world of bones -- The injury-plagued skeleton -- Diseases and disorders of the joints -- Feet, hands, and backs -- Diseases and disorders of bones -- Genetic and congenital disorders.
Series Title: Human body systems (Westport, Conn.)
Responsibility: Evelyn Kelly.

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Examines the role and function of the human skeletal system.

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