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The humerus is ___ to the sternum

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Lateral

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The manubrium is ___ to the xiphoid process

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Superior

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The inion is located…

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Underneath the occipital area

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Calcaneus

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Is the heel bone

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What is the coronal plane?

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Divided the body from front to back

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Ethnicity

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Term used to describe a multidimensional construct based on cultural attributes

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Horn effect

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Negative assumptions that cloud out judgement

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True or False
The Frye standard is a rule of evidence regarding the admissiblity to expert witness testimony

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False

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Where does intramembranous ossification occur?

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Flat bones of the skull, madible, and clavical

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The zygomatic bone is ___ to the occipital bone.

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Anterior

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How many years ago would an individual have to have died before they are no longer considered of forensic significance?

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75 years

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The galbella is located…

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Between the eyes

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The pterion is located…

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Haircutting ridge

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The asterion is located…

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Protuding point past the the ear to the occipital

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Where is the zygomatic of the skull located?

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Cheekbones

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Where is the maxilla of the skull located?

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Part of the skull that consists of the upper part of the mouth, bone of the top teeth.

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Where is the temporal part of the skull located?

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The boney area surrounds the ear cavity.

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Where is the parital area of the skull located?

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Back half of the skull from the apex

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Where is the occipital part of the skull located?

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Complete part of the skull in the occipital area

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Frontal suture

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Divides the frontal bone into right and left

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Squamosal suture

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Between the parietal bone and temporal bone on the side of the akull, bordered in back by occipital bone. Connections around your ear

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Lambdodial suture

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Upside down v where two halves of the skull meet and form the occipital area.

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Lumbar vertebea

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Lower back L1-L5s. Looks like Predator’s mask.

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Thoractic vertabrae

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The second set of 12 vertebrae, from the outward curve of the spi e and are known as T1-T12. Spaceship

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Cervial vertebrae
C1-C7, neck. Looks like a pelvis
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Talus
Ankle bone
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Cuniform bone
Bone connected to the toes
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Navicular bone
Protruding bone connected to the bog toe
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Metarsal
Slender anterior bonef of the foot connected to the toes (phalanx)
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Phalanx
Toe bones
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Humerus
Bone of the upper arm
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Radius
Later bone of the forearm on the pinky side
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Ulna
Inner forearm bone
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Transverse plane
Divides the body in half, top and bottom
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Clavical
Collar bone
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What skeletal elements are the best for estimating sex?
Pelvis
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Transgender
Rfers to individuals whose gender identity does not align with the sex assigned to them at birth
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Biological sex
Refers to an individual's classification at birth, which is largely based on visual assessment of external anatomy.
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Cisgender
Refers to individuals whose gender identity is correlated with their assigned sex.
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Facial masculinization surgery for trans men augments which suture?
Thyroid cartilage
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True or False FORDISC software utilizes multivariate discimanant function analysis to determine elements of the biological profile sych as sex and ancestry
True
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What traits could you identify with a male pelvis?
Wide, u shaped sub pubic angle, wide sciatic notch, long pubis
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You have been asked to determine the age of fetal remains that have been discovered. You determine the fetal length to be 35 cm. Based on the Haase's Rule, how many gestational months old would the fetus be when it died?
7 months old
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Linear enamel hypoplasia
Horizontal defects in the tooth enamel represent episodes of physiological stress that occur while the teeth are forming...
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Order of body parts from first to last that experience epiphyseal fusion.
1. Elbow 2. Hip 3. Ankle 4. Knee 5. Wrist
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How do forensic anthropologists report the estimated height of an individual based on skeletal remains?
As a stature range
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Biological determination
Term that describes the idea that most human characteristics are determined by genes
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What is the disadvantage of using non-metric (as opposed to metric) approaches to ancestry to estimation?
Less objective
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AncesTrees
Relies on a machine learning ensemble algorithm to classifiy the human skulls.
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What procedure may be used to make the skull/neck appear more feminine?
Bimaxillary osteotomy
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What biomarkers can be interpreted on signs of financial security.
Evidence of surgical interventions
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Based on Windburn a ( 2022 ) article, what does SCP stand for?
Structural Vulnerability Profile
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Confirmation Bias
Searching for evidence to back up first impressions
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Halo affect
Prcieved as having more positive traits than the others
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Conformity bias
Changing opinions to conform with the group
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In the study conducted by Nakhaeizadeh et al. (2019), the participants were asked to use ___ traits to determine the elements of the biological profile.
Non-meteric
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What type of bias was demonstrated in the video "The Most Common Cognitive Bias"?
Confirmation bias
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True or False According to the video, "The Most Common Cognitive Bias," you can never prove a theory true.
True
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The tibia is ___ to thr femur
Distal
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Where is the frontal part of the skull?
Forhead
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Where is the sphenoid part of the skull located?
Temple area of the skull
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Sagital suture
If looking at the skull from above is the two halves of the skull, between the parietal bones.
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Cuboid bone
Cube shaped bone of the foot under the ankle on the side of the pinky toe.
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Fibula
The outer, smaller bone of the lower leg
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Tibia
Larger of tbe lower leg bones, toward your inner part of your body
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What is the sagital plane
Divides the body into left and right sides
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Gender
Concept that is fluid and limitless and can be considered an invention or idea that both expresses and represses identities.
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Identifying a female skull
Smaller, lighter, rounded forehead, smooth brow ridge, round eye sockets, sharper upper eye margins, pointed chin, and sloping angle of the jaw.
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Identify a male skull
Larger, heavier skull, sloping forehead, prominant brow ridge, squarer eye sockets, blunt upper eye margins, square chin, and vertic angle of the jaw.
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True or False In order to estimate stature (height), anthropologists must have a complete skeleton.
False
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Populations nesr the equator exhibit longer appendages.
This is an example of the ecological rule of ALLEN
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In order to estimate stature...
You must first know ANCESTRY
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Race
Term used to describe a social construct based on physical attributes
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Ancestry
Term used to indicate a common line of geographic genetic decent.
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Population affinity
Term used to describe a statistical approach based on the underlyining population structure.
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True or False One of the major reasons forensic anthropologists feel the need to determine race/ancestery of skeletal remains is to facilitate identification and allow searches of/for missing persons.
True
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FORDISC
Used measurement data to calculate discriminate function
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Geometric morphometerics
Statistical analysis of form based on Carteisan landmark coordinates
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What biomarkers of structural vulnerability profile is due to lack of dental/medical care?
1. Isolated, improperly set fractures 2. Dental pathological conditions 3. Severe/untreated manageable chronic skeletal conditions 4. Active skeletal infections
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What biomarkers of a structural vulnerability profile is due to episodic stress during growth and development?
1. Crainofacial assymestry 2. Enamel defects
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The SVP is being developed based on a tool that was developed in which was developed in which anthropological disipline?
Medical anthropology
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Affinity bias
Hiring people the same as ourselves
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Beauty bias
Judging people based on how they look
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Attributing bias
How we prcieve the actions of others
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In the study conducted by Nakhaeizadeh et al. (2014), which aspects of the biological profile were shown to be influenced by context when examining the skeletal remains?
1. Ancestry 2. Sex

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