Barbara Kwiatkowska

Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences · Institute of Biology

This study aimed to address whether the anthropometric features of the patella can be used to determine the sex of the individuals on the basis of the skeletal remains and to set limit values for anthropometric measurements and indicators of the patella in relation to each sex. 71 patellas (32 female and 39 male) from the Middle Ages from Wroclaw,...

During archaeological excavations in burial sites, sometimes stoned organic objects are found, in addition to human remains. Those objects might be of a different origin, depending on various factors influencing members of a community (i.e. diseases, trauma), which provides information about their living conditions. The St. Nicholas Church archaeol...

The relationship between maternal age and the occurrence of cerebral palsy is still highly controversial. The aim of the study was to examine the effect of maternal age on the risk of CP development, taking into account all significant risk factors and the division into single, twin, full-term, and pre-term pregnancies. The survey covered 278 child...

One of the most significant biological factors predisposing to cerebral palsy (CP) are infections. The paper aims to analyze neonatal infections’ influence in the risk of CP development with consideration of all significant risk factors including single, twin, full-term and pre-term pregnancies. 278 children with CP attending the chosen school-educ...

Increased bilirubin level in blood is mentioned among the potential factors with causal effect on cerebral palsy. The objective of the study was the analysis of its effect on the risk of cerebral palsy, considering all the significant risk factors as well as division into singleton, twin, term and preterm births. The research included a group of 27...

In the literature there are no unequivocal assessments of the effect of paternal age on the risk of cerebral palsy (CP). The objective of the studies was the analysis of the influence of paternal age on this risk, considering all the important risk factors and division into singleton and twin, as well as term- and preterm-born infants. The inquiry...

Archaeological, anthropological and isotopic survey of the Tomersdorf-Toporow-Predocice Victorian cemetery. This forgotten village and cemetery, dating to the XVIII-XIX century, have been recently uncovered in the woodlands of SW Poland. I analyzed isotopically skeletons of poor people, beggars, and boarders of local mental asylum/homeless shelter....

Castles were centres of the socio-economic life. In the last centuries castles were graduallydisappearing from the landscape of Central Europe. It was mostly due to changes in a social order, but also because of natural disasters which happened during that time. In few cases this happened so suddenly and fully that today we even can’t point out the...

Concha bullosa is a variant of the sinonasal anatomy in which the middle nasal turbinate contains pneumatized cells, which leads to turbinate enlargement. The reason for concha bullosa formation is unclear, but the variant is seen in up to half the modern population and it may predispose to paranasal sinusitis. The variant has hitherto featured lit...

Concha bullosa is a variant of the sinonasal anatomy in which the middle nasal turbinate contains pneumatized cells, which leads to turbinate enlargement. The reason for concha bullosa formation is unclear, but the variant is seen in up to half the modern population and it may predispose to paranasal sinusitis. The variant has hitherto featured lit...

In the study two human skulls recovered from archaeological excavations at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Wrocław, dating from the 13-14th centuries were assessed. Direct measurements of each skull were recorded, and X-ray images in P-A, lateral and basal projections were taken. The skulls represented adult males. Large, bony, lobular tumours were found...

Część I Styl życia i problemy zdrowotne w okresie starości. Wyznaczniki stylu życia osób starszych w świetle populacyjnych badań socjomedycznych. The parameters for the lifestyle of the elderly in the light of population research. Katarzyna Pawlak-Sobczak, Magdalena Kwaśniewska, Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk, Wojciech Drygas, Wojciech Bielecki...

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The aim of this study was to evaluate whether climatic conditions impact the size of the anterior orbital opening in humans. The previous research has shown that morphology of the human orbit, a trait strongly related to the shape of the cranium, varies significantly among populations. However, the mechanisms of this variation are still debatable....

AbstrAct: Since the foramina provide important reference points to radiologists and surgeons, and because their shape and size may affect the blood supply to the cerebellum and the brainstem, the knowledge of the variation of foramina transversaria is essential from the medical point of view. The variation in the number, size and shape of foramina...

The location of the mental foramen is used in a number of maxillofacial surgical procedures and in anthropological examinations. The position of the mental foramen has been reported to vary in different ethnic groups and in different historical populations. The aim of this work was to analyse the topography of the mental foramen in mandibles from s...

Respiratory diseases have beset humanity from the earliest times. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of respiratory diseases in the inhabitants of a large medieval city. We analyzed 110 skeletons, coming from 12-17th century of individuals of either gender. In order to assess pneumatisation of paranasal sinuses and nasal septum cu...

The aim of this study was to provide the morphological and morphometric data of the supraorbital foramina or notches related to sex, side, and the climatic conditions where the population lived. It was hypothesized that the distribution of the occurrence and location of these openings depends on climatic conditions in which the population lived. Or...

Skeletons of dwarfs have been found in many archeological sites around the world. Dwarfism is a subject of scientific debate. Here we describe the skeleton of a adult female dwarf which was found in 19th century cemetery in Wroclaw, Poland. It is probably the postsection skeleton of the historically first Wroclaw Department of Pathology. The indivi...

The term ‘concha bullosa’ refers to the pneumatisation of the intranasal turbinates. The pneumatisation can occur at any level (superior, middle, inferior), but the term is typically used to describe the aeration of the middle turbinate. This case report concerns a medieval skull from Tomb Chamber Number One in St. Nicholas’s Church in Głogo´w, Pol...

The term cerebral palsy (CP) encompasses non-progressive disorders of central nervous system function, especially of upper motor neuron, due to injury during its development. Cerebral palsy is not a single disease entity but a syndrome of various symptoms having complex etiopathogenesis. The degree of central nervous system maturity at the moment o...

its former ethnical structure as well as living and sanitary conditions in the past. 142 skeletons belonging to the individuals of both sexes were studied and of different age were studied. The skeletons were excavated in 2005 and 2007 in the cemetery near St. Mary Magdalene’s church and were dated to 16th – 17th century. Morphological analysis was...

The church of St. Maria Magdalena is located in the central part of the medieval Wrocław. During the rescue excavations conducted on the occasion of the construction works of the medieval burial ground were encountered which included fifty burials. In a single grave marked No. 23 on the skeleton of a woman encountered in the maturus age. On the ske...

Flattening and lowering of the skull base in response to improper bone growth is called platybasis, and is considered a sensitive and reliable indicator of adverse living conditions such as malnutrition and disease during the prenatal period and early childhood. The degree of platybasis was assessed in three series of skulls representing geographic...

Overgrowth of bone tissue (hyperostosis frontalis intema, or HFJ) is symptomatic for the disease called Morgagni ssyndrome. The pathogenesis of this rare disorder is unknown, but it is possible that it is caused by the malfunctions in the pituitary gland. Paleopathological di­ agnoses ofHFJ are very rare but according to some authors HFJ appeared i...

The anthropological analysis was conducted on a total of 157 skeletons from Ołbin cemetery, by 13 measurements characterising the skulls morphology. Also 7 relative charac-teristics most frequently used for the description of the skeletal material were calculated. The body height and massiveness of male and female individuals were determined basing...

PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN A MEDIEVAL SKELETON FROM ST IDZI CHURCH IN WROCLAW Summary: During architectural-archaeological studies in the St. Idzi church in 1967 ten tombs were found, dated at 14th-15th c. On the preserved parts of one of the skeletons, of a mature male, extensive decrements were found in surface layers of bone tissue (Photos 1, 2, 9,...

The skeletal material used for research included osseous remains of 28†individuals, infantile and adolescent (inf. I, inf. II, juv.) from two medieval Wrocław cemeteries. The analysis attempted to evaluate the occurrence of Harris's lines on 33 femoral bones and 32 tibial bones. We found that the number and condensation of the lines were different...