Deck 14: Sharp and Miscellaneous Trauma

Question 1

Sharp trauma is the result of dynamic compression forces applied to a narrow section of bone.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following wounds resulting from sharp force trauma are most likely caused by a slashing action?

A) Puncture
B) Incision
C) Cleft
D) All of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following wounds resulting from sharp force trauma are most likely caused by a chopping instrument?

A) Puncture
B) Incision
C) Cleft
D) All of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is a characteristic of a puncture wound?

A) Cone-shaped injury penetrating bone
B) V-shaped lines
C) V-shaped notches
D) All of the above

Question 5

Which of the following is a characteristic of an incision?

A) Cone-shaped injury penetrating bone
B) V-shaped lines
C) V-shaped notches
D) All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is a characteristic of a cleft?

A) Cone-shaped injury penetrating bone
B) V-shaped lines
C) V-shaped notches
D) All of the above

Question 7

Which of the following instruments can be identified by a well-trained forensic anthropologist by viewing the characteristics of a cleft?

A) Meat cleaver
B) Machete
C) Ax
D) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following characteristics of clefts should forensic anthropologists explore?

A) Width of entry site
B) Depth of penetration
C) Striations
D) All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following aspects of wound analysis involve noting the type of injury(s), their location on bone, and their size?

A) Description of wound(s)
B) Instrument characteristics
C) Direction of force
D) Number of events

Question 10

Which of the following aspects of wound analysis involve recreating the traumatic event(s)?

A) Description of wound(s)
B) Instrument characteristics
C) Direction of force
D) Number of events

Question 11

Which of the following aspects of wound analysis involve analysis of fracture lines?

A) Instrument characteristics
B) Direction of force
C) Number of events
D) Sequence of events

Question 12

Which of the following methods of strangulation is most likely associated with homicide?

A) Hanging
B) Ligature
C) Manual strangulation
D) All of the above

Question 13

Which of the following methods of strangulation is most likely to result in fracture of the hyoid bone?

A) Hanging
B) Ligature
C) Manual strangulation
D) All of the above

Question 14

Which of the following methods of strangulation can result in fracture of the greater horns of the hyoid bone?

A) Hanging
B) Ligature
C) Manual strangulation
D) All of the above

Question 15

Which of the following miscellaneous methods of death may be able to be identified from bone?

A) Drowning
B) Slow poisoning
C) Infection
D) All of the above

Question 16

Which of the following wounds resulting from sharp force trauma are most likely caused by stabbing?

A) Puncture
B) Incision
C) Cleft
D) All of the above

Question 17

Blast trauma can be distinguished from other forms of trauma by the lack of a point of impact.

Question 18

Facture lines do not occur with sharp force trauma.

Question 19

Punctures are created by a sharp instrument drawn across a bone's surface.

Question 20

Incisions are created by a sharp instrument drawn across a bone's surface.

Question 21

Clefts are created by a sharp instrument impacting a bone's surface at a, or near, 90° angle.

Question 22

Clefts caused by a meat cleaver, machete and ax are indistinguishable from each other.

Question 23

Research has shown that the general type of weapon causing sharp force wounds can be determined by viewing their characteristics using scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Question 24

When analyzing sharp force trauma, forensic anthropologists should explore many of the same aspects of wound analysis as in projectile and blunt force trauma.

Question 25

The direction of force is easy to determine in the analysis of sharp force trauma.

Question 26

Determination of the number of sharp force traumatic events is complicated by the fact that some events do not cause bone injuries.

Question 27

If there is extensive fracturing with multiple traumatic events, the methods described in earlier chapters can be used to determine their sequence.

Question 28

Strangulation can occur in hanging, by a ligature around the neck, and by hand compression of the throat.

Question 29

In cases of strangulation, the hyoid is easily fractured in young persons.

Question 30

Ligature is the most common form of strangulation that causes fracture of the hyoid bone.

Question 31

Determining the cause and manner of death in strangulation is as difficult as it is for projectile and blunt force trauma.

Question 32

Blast trauma is characterized by:

A) Comminuted fracturing
B) Decapitations
C) Dismemberments
D) All of the above