Question

During your lab you are asked to identify the pathological feature of spongy bone invading the eye socket that occurs in the interior upper surface of the eye sockets; you diagnose the condition as

Answer 1

Cribra Oritala is the abnormal feature of spongy bone invading the eye socket. This is a very common identifiable condition of bare skulls of archaeology. It is commonly believed that this condition results from a parasitic or Iron Deficient anemia. This is due to a theory that the body attempts to keep RBC counts as high as possible and will try to do this through creating spongy bone.