Cover: The Human Skeleton, from Harvard University PressCover: The Human Skeleton in E-DITION

The Human Skeleton

Product Details

E-DITION

$65.00 • £54.95 • €60.00

ISBN 9780674865853

Publication Date: 01/01/1985

343 pages

84 line illustrations, 62 halftones, 6 tables

World

Available from De Gruyter »

Media Requests:

Related Subjects

Harvard University Press has partnered with De Gruyter to make available for sale worldwide virtually all in-copyright HUP books that had become unavailable since their original publication. The 2,800 titles in the “e-ditions” program can be purchased individually as PDF eBooks or as hardcover reprint (“print-on-demand”) editions via the “Available from De Gruyter” link above. They are also available to institutions in ten separate subject-area packages that reflect the entire spectrum of the Press’s catalog. More about the E-ditions Program »

  • Part I. The Nature of Bone
    • 1. Basic Concepts
    • 2. Bone Structure
    • 3. Collagen and Calcification
    • 4. Bone Growth
    • 5. Bone as a Material
    • 6. Joints and Lubrication
  • Part II. The Function of Bones
    • 7. The Axial Skeleton
    • 8. Breathing
    • 9. The Upper Limb
    • 10. Manipulation
    • 11. The Lower Limb
    • 12. Walking
    • 13. The Skull
    • 14. Chewing
  • Part III. Interpreting Bones
    • 15. Age, Sex, Race, and Stature
    • 16. Trauma and Disease
    • 17. Reconstruction
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Credits
  • Index

Recent News

Black lives matter. Black voices matter. A statement from HUP »

From Our Blog

Photograph of the book Fearless Women against red/white striped background

A Conversation with Elizabeth Cobbs about Fearless Women

For Women’s History Month, we are highlighting the work of Elizabeth Cobbs, whose new book Fearless Women shows how the movement for women’s rights has been deeply entwined with the history of the United States since its founding. Cobbs traces the lives of pathbreaking women who, inspired by American ideals, fought for the cause in their own ways