Anthropology

Question 1

What types of marks would you find on blunt force

Answer 1

Wide with some cracks

Question 2

What type of marks should you expect to find on sharp force trauma?

Answer 2

Puncture wounds, crazing fracture, or complete fractures

Question 3

What type of marks should you expect to find on projectile trauma

Answer 3

radiating fractures from point of impact

Question 4

What type of marks should you expect to find on strangulation trauma

Answer 4

Fracture hyoid

Question 5

What are the ends of the long bones called (humerus)

Answer 5

Epiphyses

Question 6

What is the name given to the shaft of the long bone?

Answer 6

Diaphysis

Question 7

If the cranial structure is all fused is the person younger or older?

Answer 7

Older: MALE over 35

FEMALE over 50

Question 8

If the cranial structure is open is the person younger or older?

Answer 8

YOUNGER VICTIM

Question 9

What are the three races?

Answer 9

Mongoloid, Negroid, Caucasoid

Question 10

What do the eye orbits look like of a caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid?

Answer 10

Caucasoid: oval
Negroid: Square
Mongoloid: rounded

Question 11

What does the nasal aperture look like of a caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid?

Answer 11

Caucasoid: long, narrow
Negroid: Wide
Mongoloid: rounded

Question 12

What does the palate shape look like of a caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid?

Answer 12

Caucasoid: triangular
Negroid: Rectangular
Mongoloid: parabolic

Question 13

What does the zygomatic arch look like of a caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid?

Answer 13

Caucasoid: narrow
Negroid: pronounced
Mongoloid: wide and shallow

Question 14

What does the mandible shape look like of a caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid?

Answer 14

Caucasoid: narrow
Negroid: wide
Mongoloid: pointed

Question 15

Which two bones can most easily be used to determine SEX of a human

Answer 15

Pelvis and skull

Question 16

FOR PELVIS

What’s the pubis body difference between the male and female?

Answer 16

Male: narrow
Female: wide

Question 17

FOR PELVIS

What’s the difference of the sub pubic angle between the male and female?

Answer 17

Male: less than 90 degree
Female: more than 90 deg

Question 18

FOR PELVIS

What’s the hip width difference between the male and female?

Answer 18

Male: Narrow
Female: Wide

Question 19

FOR PELVIS

What’s the pelvic cavity shape difference between the male and female?

Answer 19

Male: Heart Shaped
Female: circular

Question 20

SKULL

What’s the shape of eye orbit difference between the male and female?

Answer 20

Male: Square
Female: Round

Question 21

SKULL

What’s the mandible shape difference between the male and female?

Answer 21

Male: Square or U-shaped
Female: Round or V-Shaped

Question 22

Suture

Answer 22

Areas where bones are connected

Question 23

Nasal Aperture

Answer 23

Nose hole

Question 24

Saggital Suture

Answer 24

Suture on top of the cranium

Question 25

Zygomatic arch

Answer 25

Cheek bone

Question 26

Subpubic angle

Answer 26

Angle at the bottom of the pelvis

Question 27

Eye orbits

Answer 27

Eye sockets

Question 28

Diaphysis

Answer 28

Shaft of long bone

Question 29

What are 2 major differences between human and animal bones

Answer 29

Animal: linear ribs, 13-17 pairs of ribs
Human: curved C shape ribs, 12 pairs of ribs

Question 30

What are the four types of trauma

Answer 30

Blunt force
Sharp force
Projectile
Strangulation