The MNI is the Minimum Number of Individuals—the lowest number of individuals needed to account for the bones present. Print out this Bone Collection Worksheet to help you calculate the MNI. It contains all the bones in the collection: 3 skulls, 6 femora, 4 os coxae, 2 humeri, 2 tibiae, and 5 scapulae. How many skeletons can you make from the bones in the worksheet? Recreate the skeletons and submit a picture of your skeletons to your instructor with each of the bones labeled. (Helpful Hint: Multiple bones of the same type can belong to the same individual. For example, one person has two femur bones, one on the right and one on the left.)

Name the bone/structure/process that fits the following description: a) a bone with a complex shape. b) found in the medullary cavity. c) a large, rough process. d) it is thin, like a plate. e) shaft of a long bone. f) a mature bone cell. g) a large, round, smooth process. h) it covers outer surface of bone. i) a shallow depression on surface of bone. j) a roughly cube-shaped bone. k) the covering of epiphysis. l) a very narrow ridge of bone. m) space between lamellae for an osteocyte. n) chamber within diaphysis o) also called wormian bone. p) it secretes new matrix. q) end of a long bone. r) a small, round hole. s) a matrix, arrangement in spongy bone. t) it is a chamber within a bone. u) a network allowing osteocytes to receive nutrients. v) one example is the patella. w) it houses artery, vein and nerve. x) almost flat, smooth surface of a bone. y) a narrow, pointed process.