Ciekawostka: One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet

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Funerary practices of cremation at the megalithic societies of South-Eastern Iberia: The cemetery of Los Milanes.. The archaeological excavations undertaken at the Chalcolithic necropolis of Los Milanes have revealed a previously unknown variability in funerary practices in the south-eastern Iberia. For the first time, a megalithic tomb housed a large funerary deposit (28,740 bone fragments) of exclusively cremated human bone remains. For a comprehensive characterization of the funerary ritual, a cutting-edge multi-proxy approach has been undertaken including the osteological study of cremated bone remains, radiocarbon chronology, Fourier-Transform Infrared spectroscopy in Attenuated Total…

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Forensic estimation of stature is part of the identification process necessary when dismembered body parts are found. It is also possible to estimate the stature from bones. Even measurements of parts of the body, such as a finger, can be used to estimate the stature. The principle behind this forensic anthropology technique is the fact that for a given combination of age, race, and gender there measurements of different body parts which have a relationship to the stature. This relationship between the measurements of body parts was known to sculptors and artists. In modern times, regression formulae are used to estimate stature from bones, fragments of bones or measurements of body parts.

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Flat feet, also called pes planus (Latin: "flat foot") or fallen arches, is a postural deformity in which the arches of the foot collapse, with the entire sole of the foot coming into complete or near-complete contact with the ground. Sometimes flat feet are congenital, but they can also develop in childhood or adulthood. The structure of the arch of the foot has a functional relationship with the biomechanics of the leg. The arches provide an elastic, springy connection between the forefoot and the hind foot, and can normally dissipate the majority of the forces incurred by bearing weight on the foot before they reach the long bones of the leg. In an individual with pes planus, the head of…

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Fig. 2. Radiographs of feet 5 years after the surgical treatment. Screws removed from the 1st metatarsal bones of both feet.

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Figure 3. Preoperative 3D modeling of both talus bones: a, b — 3D models of both feet with destruction and collapse of the talus bones; c, d — 3D models of both feet with talus prostheses

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Evidence: 51 • authority: 72

Evidence: 51 • authority: 72

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