In your bones
What do you know about the bones inside your body?
We often think about diseases and illness but rarely consider our skeletal structure. We are working in collaboration with Claire Elizabeth Clarkin from the Skeletal and Developmental Biology research group at University of Southampton to share our archives in new ways. Click on the links below to explore the hospital’s historic collections that relate to all things bones, their function and science used to study them.
Further activities and archives to explore:
- Find out Why there is an Egyptian mummy in our collections and what the bones tell us
- Listen to Radiographer Miles Woodford recall memories of the Egyptian mummy
- Read more about X-rays in our historic collections
- Key Stage 3 Biology Using Microscopes
- Key Stage 4 Physics Electromagnetic Waves
- Try out our bones wordsearch
- Have a go at our bones calligraphy activity
- Listen to our ‘Bones’ inspired playlist on Spotify!
External links and other resources:
Research
- Bias in Bones: Integrating sex into skeletal health and research policy to improve public health by Dr Claire Clarkin – View on YouTube
- Read Bias in Bones pdf policy brief
- Southampton University Re:action Magazine Summer 2024 – Mending bone bias pdf or read online page 28-29
Health and biology
- It’s never too early or too late to start looking after your bones – Take the Royal Osteoporosis Risk Checker and find out more about bone health
- BBC Science Bitesize – KS3 Skeletal System
- NHS website – Food for healthy bones
- UCL Lunch Hour Lecture: Osteoporosis: Bouncing babies to crumbling wrinklies – the need to own our bones by Professor Allen Goodship (UCL Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science) Watch on Youtube
- BDA The Association of UK Dietitians: Eat your way to strong bones and Osteoporosis and diet factsheet
Arts & Culture
- Explore artwork through the ages that has used bones in the imagery – In Your Bones curated collection on ArtUK website
- Wessex Archaeology The Amesbury Archer The Amesbury Archer grave dates from around 2,300BC and was discovered three miles from Stonehenge
This project is thanks to funding from the British Science Association (BSA) Community Buddy programme, read the project announcement on ArtCare News
