Deck 6: Initial Treatment and Examination

Question 1

Every first Monday of the month, your university holds a bone identification clinic for anyone in the community who has found bones and is wondering what they are. You are staffing the clinic this month, and a couple who live nearby bring in the following elements: Metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow); Right adult human tibia; Left adult human humerus; 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae; Complete mandible of what looks like a dog; Right distal epiphysis to a human femur. If it

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Answer 1

C

Question 2

To which joint surface does the atlas articulate?

A) Temporal mandibular joint
B) Knee
C) Occipital condyles
D) Elbow

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following rules would not help you in determining minimum number of individuals in a set of bones brought to you for identification?

A) Number of unique bones (e.g., number of right femurs, left femurs, right ulnae, left ulnae)
B) Count of number of bones present
C) Consistancy of robusticity
D) Color of bones

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following tasks involves separating the bones of multiple individuals from each other?

A) Reconstruction
B) Sorting
C) Reassembly
D) All of the above

Question 5

During which of the following phases in the preparation of remains are the bones soaked in a solution of Alvar or similar preservative?

A) Initial examination
B) Bulk soft tissue removal
C) Residual soft tissue removal
D) Stabilization of remains

Question 6

During which of the following phases in the preparation of skeletal remains is an antiformalin solution most likely to be used?

A) Initial examination
B) Bulk soft tissue removal
C) Disarticulation
D) Residual soft tissue removal

Question 7

During which of the following phases in the preparation of remains are the individual bones separated from each other?

A) Initial examination
B) Bulk soft tissue removal
C) Disarticulation
D) Residual soft tissue removal

Question 8

During which of the following phases in the preparation of remains is it most likely that bones could be damaged in a manner similar to trauma?

A) Initial examination
B) Bulk soft tissue removal
C) Residual soft tissue removal
D) Stabilization of remains

Question 9

During which of the following phases in the preparation of remains is information about soft tissue trauma most likely to be uncovered?

A) Initial examination
B) Bulk soft tissue removal
C) Residual soft tissue removal
D) Stabilization of remains

Question 10

Which of the following is not a methodological or safety issue for forensic anthropologists?

A) Laboratory security
B) Apprehension of criminals
C) Avoidance of comingling
D) Safety from biological and chemical hazards

Question 11

At which joint does the femur and os coxae articulate?

A) Hip
B) Elbow
C) Knee
D) Ankle

Question 12

Which of the following bones appear to join with each other the best?

A) Atlas to the skull
B) Humerus to the scapula
C) Femur to the os coxa
D) Femur to the tibia

Question 13

At which joint does the tibia and talus articulate?

A) Temporal mandibular joint
B) Elbow
C) Knee
D) Ankle

Question 14

Every first Monday of the month, your university holds a bone identification clinic for anyone in the community who has found bones and is wondering what they are. You are staffing the clinic this month, and a couple who live nearby bring in the following elements: Metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow); Right adult human tibia; Left adult human humerus; 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae; Complete mandible of what looks like a dog; Right distal epiphysis to a human femur. If it

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 15

Every first Monday of the month, your university holds a bone identification clinic for anyone in the community who has found bones and is wondering what they are. You are staffing the clinic this month, and a couple who live nearby bring in the following elements: Metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow); Right adult human tibia; Left adult human humerus; 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae; Complete mandible of what looks like a dog; Right distal epiphysis to a human femur. If it

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 16

Every first Monday of the month, your university holds a bone identification clinic for anyone in the community who has found bones and is wondering what they are. You are staffing the clinic this month, and a couple who live nearby bring in the following elements: Metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow); Right adult human tibia; Left adult human humerus; 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae; Complete mandible of what looks like a dog; Right distal epiphysis to a human femur. Using

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 17

Every first Monday of the month, your university holds a bone identification clinic for anyone in the community who has found bones and is wondering what they are. You are staffing the clinic this month, and a couple who live nearby bring in the following elements: Metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow); Right adult human tibia; Left adult human humerus; 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae; Complete mandible of what looks like a dog; Right distal epiphysis to a human femur. Using

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four

Question 18

Every first Monday of the month, your university holds a bone identification clinic for anyone in the community who has found bones and is wondering what they are. You are staffing the clinic this month, and a couple who live nearby bring in the following elements: Metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow); Right adult human tibia; Left adult human humerus; 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae; Complete mandible of what looks like a dog; Right distal epiphysis to a human femur. If it

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 19

Every first Monday of the month, your university holds a bone identification clinic for anyone in the community who has found bones and is wondering what they are. You are staffing the clinic this month, and a couple who live nearby bring in the following elements: Metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow); Right adult human tibia; Left adult human humerus; 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae; Complete mandible of what looks like a dog; Right distal epiphysis to a human femur. If it

A) five
B) two
C) three
D) four

Question 20

Every first Monday of the month, your university holds a bone identification clinic for anyone in the community who has found bones and is wondering what they are. You are staffing the clinic this month, and a couple who live nearby bring in the following elements: Metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow); Right adult human tibia; Left adult human humerus; 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae; Complete mandible of what looks like a dog; Right distal epiphysis to a human femur. If it

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 21

Every first Monday of the month, your university holds a bone identification clinic for anyone in the community who has found bones and is wondering what they are. You are staffing the clinic this month, and a couple who live nearby bring in the following elements: Metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow); Right adult human tibia; Left adult human humerus; 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae; Complete mandible of what looks like a dog; Right distal epiphysis to a human femur. Using

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 22

Every first Monday of the month, your university holds a bone identification clinic for anyone in the community who has found bones and is wondering what they are. You are staffing the clinic this month, and a couple who live nearby bring in the following elements: Metapodials from a large animal (perhaps a cow); Right adult human tibia; Left adult human humerus; 2 left and 1 right adult human ossa coxae; Complete mandible of what looks like a dog; Right distal epiphysis to a human femur. Using

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four

Question 23

Which weathering stage is most likely to be observed on bones that have been exposed on the surface for 10 or more years?

A) Stage 0
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 4
D) All of the above

Question 24

Which of the following is a component of a forensic anthropology laboratory?

A) 3 foot by 7 foot table
B) Drying rack
C) Fume hood
D) All of the above

Question 25

A more accurate method for calculating Minimum Number of Individuals (MNI) involves the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS)

Question 26

Residual soft tissue removal is performed with tissue scissors.

Question 27

Disarticulation involves separating the bones of the skull from each other.

Question 28

Dermestid beetles can be used to remove the bulk of soft tissue.

Question 29

Some soft tissue should be saved for further analysis such as finger tips (if present) for finger print analysis and other tissues for DNA.

Question 30

Bulk soft tissue removal involves soaking the remains to macerate (soften) tissue for ease of removal.

Question 31

Important information can be lost if the remains are not examined for trauma and postmortem damage before soft tissue is removed.

Question 32

Something that is warned about in the book chapters is the potential loss of information due to improper handling of human remains.

Question 33

Preparation of remains involves bulk soft tissue removal, disarticulation and residual soft tissue removal.

Question 34

The removal of any remaining soft tissue is a necessary step in the preparation of human remains for further analysis.

Question 35

Some of the tools needed in a forensic anthropology laboratory are shovels, screens, and digging sticks.

Question 36

An antiformalin solution takes several days to dissolve residual soft tissue.

Question 37

Stabilizing remains helps strengthen them for further analysis.

Question 38

Since forensic anthropological analysis can be done on fragmented bones, it is unnecessary to reconstruct broken bones when all of the pieces are present.

Question 39

Any method of inventorying that ensures that all bones present are documented is acceptable.

Question 40

Re-articulation of the knee shows a good fit between the distal femur and proximal tibia.

Question 41

It would be difficult to fit the humerus of one person to the scapula of another.

Question 42

A left femur is found associated with a left os oxae. When it is found that the head of the femur is too large to fit into the hip socket of the other bone, you can assume that there is more than one individual represented here.

Question 43

When the pelvis is properly reassembled, the right and left pubic bones do not touch.

Question 44

The atlas fits well to the occipital condyles of the skull.

Question 45

Analyzing remains for duplication involves examining bones to ensure they are approximately of the same size and busticity.

Question 46

A right femur is found associated with a left os oxae. When it is found that the head of the femur fits into the hip socket of the other bone, you can assume that these bones belong to the same individual.

Question 47

Potential matches between bones are more easily eliminated than proven.

Question 48

Sorting commingled remains can be difficult to impossible.

Question 49

A forensic anthropology laboratory is the ideal place in which to perform the analysis of human remains.