Learn about the skeletal system to help identify a series of bones and solve a missing person mystery.
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In this simulation, you will help a detective solve a missing person case by analyzing human bones that were discovered in a forest. Begin your investigation by learning about the skeletal system and the different types of bones. Then explore the internal anatomy of a bone to learn about compact and spongy bone. Over the course of your investigation, you will gather clues that will help you identify the unfortunate victim. Can your expertise help crack the case
Piece together the skeletal system
Detective Sherley Bones has brought the bones she found in a forest to the lab. With the help of Dr. One, you will arrange these bones into a skeletal system by identifying whether the bones are part of the axial or appendicular skeleton. Search for bone fractures in this skeletal system to discover more clues that can help you identify the victim.
Investigate the different types of bones
Continue your investigation by learning about the different types of bones that make up the skeletal system, including long, short, flat, irregular, and sesamoid bones. You will find that some bones can provide important clues to the sex and age of the victim. The detective will take notes of any clues, as well as the functions of the skeletal system that you learn.
Look inside a bone to help crack the case
Find the final clues by opening up a long bone and taking a close look at the compact and spongy bone tissue inside. Use the clues you find to match the bones to a missing person file. Will you be able to solve this mystery?
Length:
28
mins
Accessibility mode:
Available
Languages:
English (United States)
Course Packages:
At the end of this simulation, you will be able to:
Broadly describe the major structure and functions of the skeletal system
Differentiate the major types of bone by general structure and feature
Identify the microscopic structure of compact and spongy bone and relate this to function
At the end of this simulation, you will be able to:
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