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Table 1. Injurious effects and reactive 

 patterns of mastication and locomotor 

 apparatus 



Group I 



MA^nCATION APPARATUS Nt (%) 



NOTE: Nt, total number cases; (%), 

 frequency; ( - ), absence; ( + ), presence; 

 (1), lipping (medium degree or 

 greater); (2), incidence of erosion; P, 

 proximal articular surfaces; D, distal 

 articular surfaces. 



NOTE: Nt, total number of cases; (%), 

 frequency; ( + ), presence; ('), belong 

 to same skeleton. 



Single fracture. Consolidated fracture of the zygomatic 

 arch of a male adult individual. The skull shows an intention- 

 al deformation of a tabular type, indicating that it comes from 

 an inland population. 



Multiple fractures and deformations. These were seen in a 

 male adult showing consolidated fractures in the second and 

 third ribs; deformation and diminution in size in the clavicle 

 of the same side; radius alteration (fracture?) with signs of 

 inflammation; alterations in the areas of the serratus magnus 

 and latissimus dorsi muscle insertion in the anterior face of 

 the lower angle of both scapulae. Cause: possible fall on his 

 shoulders during heavy load transport. 



Zagreb Paleopathology Symp. 1988 



