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Osteology (from Greek ὀστέον (ostéon) 'bones' and λόγος (logos) 'study') is the scientific study of bones, practiced by osteologists [1]. A subdiscipline of anatomy, anthropology, and paleontology, osteology is the detailed study of the structure of bones, skeletal elements, teeth, microbone morphology, function, disease, pathology, the process of ossification from cartilaginous molds, and the resistance and hardness of bones (biophysics).[2]
Osteologists frequently work in the public and private sector as consultants for museums, scientists for research laboratories, scientists for medical investigations and/or for companies producing osteological reproductions in an academic context. The role of an osteologist entails understanding the macroscopic and microscopic anatomies of bones for both humans and non-humans (courses in non-human osteology is known as zooarchaeology).[1]
Osteology and osteologists should not be confused with the pseudoscientific practice of osteopathy and its practitioners, osteopaths.
- ^ a b Langley, Natalie; Terisgni-Terrant, Maria-Teresa (May 22, 2017). Forensic Anthropology: A Compresensive Introduction (2nd ed.). CRC Press. p. 82. ISBN 9781315300030.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Blau, Soren (2014). "Osteology: Definition". Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer. p. 5641. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_127. ISBN 978-1-4419-0465-2.