Merton Priory photographs

Photographs from Merton Priory can be found below.
Site code Context Frame number Photo Description
MPY86 2381 2 MPY86_2381_2.jpg Osteophytic lipping and eburnation of the right trapezium (view from the scaphoid)
MPY86 2381 1 MPY86_2381_1.jpg Eburnation on the right scaphoid (View from the radius)
MPY86 2618 1 MPY86_2618_1.jpg Left ulna 'Parry' fracture (anterior view) very well remodelled
MPY86 2618 2 MPY86_2618_2.jpg Left ulna 'Parry' fracture (medial view) very well remodelled, close up of callus
MPY86 2618 3 MPY86_2618_3.jpg Left ulna 'Parry' fracture (lateral view) very well remodelled, close up of callus
MPY86 2741 1 MPY86_2741_1.jpg Skull, right frontal & parietal (ectocranial surface) healed sharp force trauma & blunt force trauma (superior view)
MPY86 2741 2 MPY86_2741_2.jpg Skull, right frontal & parietal (ectocranial surface) healed sharp force trauma & blunt force trauma (right side view)
MPY86 2741 3 MPY86_2741_3.jpg Skull, right parietal close up of healed blunt force trauma (ectocranial surface)
MPY86 2741 4 MPY86_2741_4.jpg Skull, right frontal bone close up of healed sharp force trauma (right side view)
MPY86 2741 5 MPY86_2741_5.jpg Skull endocranial surface
MPY86 2741 6 MPY86_2741_6.jpg Skull (anterior view) showing two types of healed trauma blunt & sharp force
MPY86 2741 7 MPY86_2741_7.jpg Skull (left side view) showing two types of healed trauma blunt & sharp force(some post mortem damage)
MPY86 2741 8 MPY86_2741_8.jpg Mandible (buccal view) heavy calculus
MPY86 2741 9 MPY86_2741_9.jpg Mandible (lingual view) heavy calculus
MPY86 2741 10 MPY86_2741_10.jpg Mandible (occlusal view) heavy wear of teeth
MPY86 2741 11 MPY86_2741_11.jpg Mandible (occlusal view) heavy wear of teeth
MPY86 2741 12 MPY86_2741_12.jpg Left maxilla (buccal view) external draining periapical lesion (abcess)and AM & PM loss of teeth
MPY86 2741 13 MPY86_2741_13.jpg Left maxilla (buccal view) severe but healed infection of bone, associated with dentition & periapical lesion (abcess)
MPY86 2741 14 MPY86_2741_14.jpg Left maxillary sinus (internal) severe healed non-specific infection of sinus with remodelled nodules of bone
MPY86 2741 15 MPY86_2741_15.jpg Left maxillary sinus (internal) severe healed non-specific infection of sinus with remodelled nodules of bone
MPY86 2741 16 MPY86_2741_16.jpg Left maxillary sinus (internal) severe healed non-specific infection of sinus with remodelled nodules of bone
MPY86 2741 17 MPY86_2741_17.jpg Maxilla (palatal view) showing AM & PM loss of teeth, gross carious lesion of right PM3 & periapical lesion
MPY86 2741 18 MPY86_2741_18.jpg Right maxilla caries related external draining periapical lesion (buccal view)
MPY86 2758 1 MPY86_2758_1.jpg Right foot ankylosis of lateral cuneiform & 3rd metatarsal (dorsal view)
MPY86 2758 2 MPY86_2758_2.jpg Right foot ankylosis of lateral cuneiform & 3rd metatarsal (medial view)
MPY86 2758 3 MPY86_2758_3.jpg Right foot ankylosis of lateral cuneiform & 3rd metatarsal (lateral view)
MPY86 2858 1 MPY86_2858_1.jpg DISH. 'Dripping candle wax' like osteophytes causing fusion of T8-12 down the right anterior vertebral bodies. Disc spaces retained.
MPY86 2858 2 MPY86_2858_2.jpg Well healed fracture to the proximal right femur showing an irregular bone surface at the point of fracture.
MPY86 2858 3 MPY86_2858_3.jpg Irregular bone surface and overdevelopment of the linea aspera of the midshaft of the right femur due to a healed fracture.
MPY86 2895 1 MPY86_2895_1.jpg HFI on the inner table of the frontal bone in the region of the frontal crest.
MPY86 2995 1 MPY86_2995_1.jpg Thickening of the anterior neural arch of the atlas (inferior view)
MPY86 2995 2 MPY86_2995_2.jpg Thickening of the anterior neural arch of the atlas (superior view)
MPY86 3172 1 MPY86_3172_1.jpg Erosive arthropathy?? Rounded lesions and deformation of carpals
MPY86 3548 1 MPY86_3548_1.jpg Bone cyst in the inferior vertebral body of L3 (inferior view) IVD also visible.
MPY86 3548 2 MPY86_3548_2.jpg Close up of a bone cyst in the inferior vertebral body of L3 (inferior view) IVD also visible.
MPY86 3829 1 MPY86_3829_1.jpg Left fibula healed fracture proximal end (posterior view)
MPY86 3829 2 MPY86_3829_2.jpg Left fibula healed fracture proximal end (anterior view)
MPY86 3829 3 MPY86_3829_3.jpg Left fibula healed fracture proximal end (medial view)
MPY86 3829 4 MPY86_3829_4.jpg Left acetabulum trauma with secondary osteoarthritis
MPY86 3829 5 MPY86_3829_5.jpg Left acetabulum trauma & bone fragments with secondary osteoarthritis
MPY86 3829 6 MPY86_3829_6.jpg Left femoral head gross secondary osteoarthritic changes from trauma (superior view)
MPY86 3829 7 MPY86_3829_7.jpg Left femoral head gross secondary osteoarthritic changes from trauma (anterior view)
MPY86 3829 8 MPY86_3829_8.jpg Left femoral head gross secondary osteoarthritic changes from trauma (posterior view)
MPY86 3829 9 MPY86_3829_9.jpg Left femoral head gross secondary osteoarthritic changes from trauma (medial view)
MPY86 3829 10 MPY86_3829_10.jpg Left femoral head gross secondary osteoarthritic changes from trauma (medial view/close up)
MPY86 3829 11 MPY86_3829_11.jpg Left acetabulum & left femoral head gross secondary osteoarthritic changes from trauma
MPY86 3829 12 MPY86_3829_12.jpg Left acetabulum & left femoral head gross secondary osteoarthritic changes from trauma (anterior view)
MPY86 3829 13 MPY86_3829_13.jpg Left and right femoral heads to compare pathological change of left & right femoral head (anterior view)
MPY86 3878 1 MPY86_3878_1.jpg Right Os coxa, (ventral aspect) rouded lesion
MPY86 3878 2 MPY86_3878_2.jpg Scapulae, bilateral exostoses, symmetrical
MPY86 3878 3 MPY86_3878_3.jpg Humeri, bilateral exostoses,symmetrical
MPY86 3878 4 MPY86_3878_4.jpg Humeri, bilateral exostoses,symmetrical
MPY86 3878 5 MPY86_3878_5.jpg Thoacic vertebra, Th8, (left lateral aspect)
MPY86 3878 6 MPY86_3878_6.jpg Femora, (anterior aspect) bilateral changes
MPY86 3878 7 MPY86_3878_7.jpg Left femur (anterior aspect)
MPY86 3878 8 MPY86_3878_8.jpg Right ulna, proximal end (posterior aspect)
MPY86 3878 9 MPY86_3878_9.jpg Right rib (inferior aspect) exostosis
MPY86 3878 10 MPY86_3878_10.jpg Left rib (superior aspect) exostosis
MPY86 3878 11 MPY86_3878_11.jpg Femora, (anterior aspect) bilateral exostosis, symmetrical
MPY86 3885 1 MPY86_3885_1.jpg Ankylosis of pubic symphyses
MPY86 3885 2 MPY86_3885_2.jpg Compression fracture of T12-L1
MPY86 3885 3 MPY86_3885_3.jpg Compression fracture of T12-L2
MPY86 3885 4 MPY86_3885_4.jpg Ankylosis of pubic symphyses
MPY86 3891 1 MPY86_3891_1.jpg Healed fracture on central shaft of L tibia
MPY86 3904 1 MPY86_3904_1.jpg Patalla biparte
MPY86 3904 2 MPY86_3904_2.jpg Patalla biparte
MPY86 3968 1 MPY86_3968_1.jpg Two small button osteomas to the frontal bone.
MPY86 4063 1 MPY86_4063_1.jpg Thoracic vertebrae Th5 (inferior surface) & Th6 (superior surface) possible changes indicative of Tuberculosis
MPY86 4063 2 MPY86_4063_2.jpg Thoracic vertebrae Th5 & Th6 (left side view) changes possibly indicative of Tuberculosis
MPY86 4063 3 MPY86_4063_3.jpg Thoracic vertebrae Th5 & Th6 (anterior view) changes possibly indicative of s Tuberculosis
MPY86 4063 4 MPY86_4063_4.jpg Thoracic vertebrae Th5 & Th6 (right side view) changes possibly indicative of Tuberculosis
MPY86 4063 5 MPY86_4063_5.jpg Thoracic vertebrae Th5 & Th6 (left side/ lyingon side) changes possibly indicative Tuberculosis
MPY86 4069 1 MPY86_4069_1.jpg Osteophytic lipping and subchondral cysts on the left scaphoid. (View from the radius)
MPY86 4069 2 MPY86_4069_2.jpg Osteophytic lipping, subchondral cysts and eburnation on the left scaphoid. (View from the radius)
MPY86 4069 3 MPY86_4069_3.jpg Osteoarthritis to the right acetabulum. Pronounced destruction of the joint with osteophytic lipping and subchondral cysts visible.
MPY86 4069 4 MPY86_4069_4.jpg Osteoarthritis to the left acetabulum. Pronounced destruction of the joint with osteophytic lipping and subchondral cysts visible.
MPY86 4069 5 MPY86_4069_5.jpg DISH. 'Dripping candle wax' like fusion of two lower thoracic vertebrae down the anterior longitudinal ligament. Disc spaces have been retained. (Anterior view)
MPY86 4069 6 MPY86_4069_6.jpg DISH. 'Dripping candle wax' like fusion of two lower thoracic vertebrae down the anterior longitudinal ligament. Disc spaces have been retained. (Lateral view)
MPY86 4138 1 MPY86_4138_1.jpg Fusion of right Ist & 2nd rib (superior view)
MPY86 4138 2 MPY86_4138_2.jpg Fusion of right Ist & 2nd rib (posterior view)
MPY86 4138 3 MPY86_4138_3.jpg Fusion of right Ist & 2nd rib (superior view) anterior aspect
MPY86 4193 1 MPY86_4193_1.jpg Thoracic vertebrae, Th8 & Th9, fusion (right side view)
MPY86 4193 2 MPY86_4193_2.jpg Thoracic vertebrae, Th8 & Th9, fusion (anterior view)
MPY86 4193 3 MPY86_4193_3.jpg Thoracic vertebrae, Th8 & Th9, fusion (anterior view) from superior aspect
MPY86 4454 1 MPY86_4454_1.jpg Gout, scalloped lesions along margins of first MTPJ
MPY86 4543 1 MPY86_4543_1.jpg Gout, scalloped lesions along margins of first MTPJ
MPY86 4546 1 MPY86_4546_1.jpg Left tibia (anterior view) post mortem damage bone thickened & enlarged, possibly Paget's disease
MPY86 4546 2 MPY86_4546_2.jpg Left tibia (medial view) post mortem damage, two fragments, bone thickened & enlarged, possibly Paget's disease
MPY86 4546 3 MPY86_4546_3.jpg Left tibia post mortem damage, two fragments,cross section of deposited bone causing thickeneing to the bone, possibly Paget's disease
MPY86 4546 4 MPY86_4546_4.jpg Left tibia post mortem damage, two fragments,cross section/close up of deposited bone causing thickening, possibly Paget's disease
MPY86 4567 1 MPY86_4567_1.jpg Left tibia lateral aspect (anterior view) demarcated area of periosteal reaction possibly indicating an ulcer
MPY86 4567 2 MPY86_4567_2.jpg Left tibia lateral aspect (medial view) demarcated area of periosteal reaction possibly indicating an ulcer
MPY86 4596 1 MPY86_4596_1.jpg Cervical vertebral degenerative change,?C7 (superior surface) osteophytosis
MPY86 4596 2 MPY86_4596_2.jpg Cervical vertebral degenerative change,?C7 (inferior surface) osteophytosis
MPY86 4596 3 MPY86_4596_3.jpg Thoracic vertebral degenerative change, ?Th12 (anterior view)
MPY86 4596 4 MPY86_4596_4.jpg Thoracic vertebral degenerative change,?Th12 (posterior view)
MPY86 4608 1 MPY86_4608_1.jpg Right talus (superior view) & right tibia posterior articular surface joint change possibly secondary to trauma (post mortem damage)
MPY86 4608 2 MPY86_4608_2.jpg Right patella (anterior view) enthseophytic development
MPY86 4676 1 MPY86_4676_1.jpg Healed sharp force trauma to the left parietal bone.
MPY86 4731 1 MPY86_4731_1.jpg Left radius 'Colles' fracture, healed (anterior view)
MPY86 4731 2 MPY86_4731_2.jpg Left radius 'Colles' fracture (anterior view) close up of fracture site
MPY86 4731 3 MPY86_4731_3.jpg Left radius 'Colles' fracture, healed (medial view)
MPY86 4731 4 MPY86_4731_4.jpg Left radius 'Colles' fracture, healed (from inferior aspect)
MPY86 4743 1 MPY86_4743_1.jpg Vertebrae with osteophytic fusion, DISH or Ankylosing Spondylitis (left side view)
MPY86 4743 2 MPY86_4743_2.jpg Vertebrae with osteophytic fusion, DISH or Ankylosing Spondylitis (right side view)
MPY86 4743 3 MPY86_4743_3.jpg Vertebrae with osteophytic fusion, DISH or Ankylosing Spondylitis (anterior view)
MPY86 4743 4 MPY86_4743_4.jpg Vertebral arches with osteophytic fusion, DISH or Ankylosing Spondylitis
MPY86 4743 5 MPY86_4743_5.jpg Vertebrae with osteophytic fusion, DISH or Ankylosing Spondylitis
MPY86 4753 1 MPY86_4753_1.jpg Thoracic vertebrae, Th 8 to Th10 anterior fusion of the vertebral bodies, not DISH,(anterior view)
MPY86 4753 2 MPY86_4753_2.jpg Thoracic vertebrae, Th 8 to Th10 anterior fusion of the vertebral bodies, not DISH,(right side view)
MPY86 4753 3 MPY86_4753_3.jpg Thoracic vertebrae, Th 8 to Th10 anterior fusion of the vertebral bodies, not DISH,(left side view)
MPY86 4753 4 MPY86_4753_4.jpg Thoracic vertebra, Th12 (inferior surface) Schmorl's Node
MPY86 4753 5 MPY86_4753_5.jpg Cervical vertebrae C6 & C7 (anterior view) dengereative changes
MPY86 4753 6 MPY86_4753_6.jpg Cervical vertebrae C6 & C7 (left side view) dengereative changes
MPY86 4753 7 MPY86_4753_7.jpg Cervical vertebrae C6 & C7 (right side view) dengereative changes
MPY86 4753 8 MPY86_4753_8.jpg Cervical vertebrae C6 & C7 (anterior view) dengereative changes
MPY86 4753 9 MPY86_4753_9.jpg Cervicl vertebra C4 (inferior surface) osteoarthritis, C5 (superior surface) osteophytosis
MPY86 4753 10 MPY86_4753_10.jpg Cervicl vertebra C4 (superior surface) osteoarthritis, C5 (inferior surface) osteophytosis
MPY86 4753 11 MPY86_4753_11.jpg Left side of mandible (occlusal view) heavy wear of permanent molars
MPY86 4753 12 MPY86_4753_12.jpg Left side of mandible (buccal view) heavy wear of permanent molars & external draining periapical lesion, 3rd molar
MPY86 4753 13 MPY86_4753_13.jpg Left side of mandible (lingual view) heavy wear of permanent molars & external draining periapical lesion, 3rd molar
MPY86 4848 1 MPY86_4848_1.jpg Skull (right side view) protruding & step like effect of occipital bone, possibly Bathrocephaly
MPY86 4848 2 MPY86_4848_2.jpg Skull (right side view/close up) protruding & step like effect of occipital bone, possibly Bathrocephaly
MPY86 4848 3 MPY86_4848_3.jpg Skull (posterior view) protruding & step like effect of occipital bone, possibly Bathrocephaly
MPY86 4890 1 MPY86_4890_1.jpg Large caries of T46. Pulp cavity exposed. Destruction of the mesial surface and partial destruction of the lingual and occlusal surfaces. (occlusal view)
MPY86 4890 2 MPY86_4890_2.jpg Close up of large caries of T46. Pulp cavity exposed. Destruction of the mesial surface and partial destruction of the lingual and occlusal surfaces. (occlusal view)
MPY86 4964 1 MPY86_4964_1.jpg Skull left parietal button osteoma (anterior view)
MPY86 4964 2 MPY86_4964_2.jpg Skull left parietal button osteoma (left side view)
MPY86 4964 3 MPY86_4964_3.jpg Mandible left side ante mortem tooth loss
MPY86 5104 1 MPY86_5104_1.jpg Skull right orbit, layer of fine active new bone growth (anterior view) possibly indicator of scurvy
MPY86 5104 2 MPY86_5104_2.jpg Sphenoid body,active new bone growth (posterior view) possibly an indicator of scurvy
MPY86 5104 3 MPY86_5104_3.jpg Skull occipital bone (endocranial surface) layer of active new bone growth possibly an indicator of scurvy
MPY86 5104 4 MPY86_5104_4.jpg Skull occipital bone (endocranial surface/close up) layer of active new bone growth possibly an indicator of scurvy
MPY86 5104 5 MPY86_5104_5.jpg Mandible left ramus area of fine active new bone growth possibly an indicator of scurvy
MPY86 5104 6 MPY86_5104_6.jpg Mandible left ramus (buccal view) area of fine active new bone growth possibly an indicator of scurvy
MPY86 5104 7 MPY86_5104_7.jpg Mandible left ramus (buccal view/close up) area of fine active new bone growth possibly an indicator of scurvy
MPY86 5104 8 MPY86_5104_8.jpg Mandible left ramus (lingual view) area of fine active new bone growth possibly an indicator of scurvy
MPY86 5104 9 MPY86_5104_9.jpg Mandible left ramus (lingual view/close up) area of fine active new bone growth possibly an indicator of scurvy
MPY86 5235 1 MPY86_5235_1.jpg Right tibia, proximal to mid shaft (lateral view) non specific periosteal changes
MPY86 5235 2 MPY86_5235_2.jpg Right tibia, distal end of shaft (medial view) non specific periosteal changes
MPY86 5235 3 MPY86_5235_3.jpg Right femur distal end (posterior view) non specific periosteal changes
MPY86 5247 1 MPY86_5247_1.jpg Right femur proximal/mid shaft (medial view) swollen area possibly a very well healed fracture
MPY86 5247 2 MPY86_5247_2.jpg Right femur proximal/mid shaft (posterior view) swollen area possibly a very well healed fracture
MPY86 5277 1 MPY86_5277_1.jpg Well healed sharp force trauma to the right frontal bone.
MPY86 5277 2 MPY86_5277_2.jpg Close up of a well healed sharp force trauma to the right frontal bone. Showing displacement of the bone. Wound is positioned superior-inferior.
MPY86 5277 3 MPY86_5277_3.jpg Close up of a well healed sharp force trauma to the right frontal bone. Wound is positioned superior-inferior.
MPY86 5277 4 MPY86_5277_4.jpg Osteoid Osteoma? Thickened ovular bony protrusion of bone on the posterior surface of the right femur, medial to the linea aspera.
MPY86 5277 5 MPY86_5277_5.jpg DISH. Dripping wax like osteophytes causing fusion to the right anterior bodies of T6-9. Disc spaces are retained.
MPY86 5321 1 MPY86_5321_1.jpg Large button osteoma to the left frontal bone and a metopic suture.
MPY86 7159 1 MPY86_7159_1.jpg DISH? 'Dripping candle wax' like osteophytes down the right vertebral bodies causing fusion of T9 and T10.
MPY86 7401 1 MPY86_7401_1.jpg Pronounced osteophytic lipping of a lumbar vertebra.
MPY86 7608 1 MPY86_7608_1.jpg Right trapezium & 1st metacarpal, osteoarthritis of the joint with eburnation of articulating surfaces (superior view)
MPY86 7608 2 MPY86_7608_2.jpg Right trapezium & 1st metacarpal, osteoarthritis of the joint with eburnation of articulating surfaces
MPY86 7655 1 MPY86_7655_1.jpg Malaligned healed fracture of L radius
MPY86 7689 1 MPY86_7689_1.jpg Tuberculosis, pott's spine
MPY86 7689 2 MPY86_7689_2.jpg Tuberculosis, pott's spine
MPY86 7689 3 MPY86_7689_3.jpg Tuberculosis, pott's spine
MPY86 7689 4 MPY86_7689_4.jpg Tuberculosis, pott's spine
MPY86 7755 1 MPY86_7755_1.jpg Right tibia lateral aspect (anterior view) pronounced periosteal changes possiby indication of osteomyelitis or syphilis
MPY86 7755 2 MPY86_7755_2.jpg Right tibia lateral aspect (anterior view) pronounced periosteal changes possiby indication of osteomyelitis or syphilis
MPY86 7755 3 MPY86_7755_3.jpg Left tibia lateral aspect (superior view) pronounced periosteal changes possiby indication of osteomyelitis or syphilis
MPY86 7755 4 MPY86_7755_4.jpg Left tibia lateral aspect (superior view) pronounced periosteal changes possiby indication of osteomyelitis or syphilis
MPY86 7755 5 MPY86_7755_5.jpg Left fibula mid shaft (superior view) pronounced periosteal changes possiby indication of osteomyelitus or syphilis
MPY86 7755 6 MPY86_7755_6.jpg Left fibula mid shaft (superior view) pronounced periosteal changes possiby indication of osteomyelitis or syphilis
MPY86 7755 7 MPY86_7755_7.jpg Left fibula mid shaft (superior view) pronounced periosteal changes possiby indication of osteomyelitis or syphilis
MPY86 7755 8 MPY86_7755_8.jpg Left fibula mid shaft (superior view) pronounced periosteal changes possiby indication of osteomyelitis or syphilis
MPY86 7755 9 MPY86_7755_9.jpg Left & right fibula mid shaft (superior view) florid periosteal changes & bony projections, possiby indication of osteomyelitis or syphilis,
MPY86 7755 10 MPY86_7755_10.jpg Left & right fibula mid shaft (superior view) pronounced periosteal changes possiby indication of osteomyelitis or syphilis
MPY86 7775 1 MPY86_7775_1.jpg Mandible (occlusal view) over crowding of teeth & impaction of left 3rd molar
MPY86 7775 2 MPY86_7775_2.jpg Mandible, anterior teeth over crowding (buccal view)
MPY86 7775 3 MPY86_7775_3.jpg Mandible left side (buccal view) impaction of 3rd molar
MPY86 7775 4 MPY86_7775_4.jpg Mandible left canine linear hypoplastic defect
MPY86 7775 5 MPY86_7775_5.jpg Mandible left canine linear hypoplastic defect (lingual view)
MPY86 7775 6 MPY86_7775_6.jpg Mandible overcrowding & calculus (lingual view/close up)


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