Deck 10: Forensic Anthropology

Question 1

As Jenkins/Chang were making their way down Fisherman's Wharf, what was hindering their progress?

A) rain
B) traffic
C) blocked roads
D) construction in the area
E) fog

Answer 1

E

Question 2

What is the Blight Spirit?

A) fishing vessel
B) name of a restaurant
C) name of a bar
D) business that sold firearms
E) movie theatre

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What new piece of evidence did the skipper of the Blight Spirit recover?

A) gasoline can mixed in with his fishing net
B) wine bottle mixed in with his fishing net
C) an usual type of fish that the skipper had never seen before
D) skeletal remains mixed in with his fishing net
E) a firearm that was caught in his fishing net

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What part of the San Francisco Bay was this bone recovered from?

A) North of the Dumbarton bridge
B) Farallon islands
C) Alcatraz island
D) Sausalito
E) Near Candlestick point

Question 5

What other incident occurred shortly after they left the boat?

A) apprehended a person who was following them while at Fisherman's wharf.
B) chased after a shadowy figure in the fog that may have been following them.
C) heard a gunshot go off in the distance.
D) witnessed a auto accident at an intersection
E) none of the above

Question 6

Has this working relationship with Lt. Jenkins and Miss Chang become more amicable, more adversarial or remained the same. Site with examples.

Question 7

What is the central idea in this chapter?

Question 8

The study of skeletal remains that are the evidence in a crime or legal dispute is called…

A) Forensic toxicology
B) Forensic entomology
C) Forensic pathology
D) Forensic anthropology
E) Forensic chemistry

Question 9

The examination of skeletal remains can reveal……

A) Sex
B) Height
C) Ethnicity
D) Age at death
E) All of the above

Question 10

Osteoarthritic lipping and ossification can reveal….

A) Age
B) Height
C) Ethnicity
D) Sex
E) All of the above

Question 11

The terms anterior, posterior, superior, inferior are descriptive directions and planes that describe the following…..

A) Lateral, medial, above, below respectively
B) Front, back, above, below respectively
C) back, front, above, below respectively
D) Front, back, below, above respectively
E) None of the above

Question 12

Which of the term(s) is not describing directions and planes?

A) Distal, proximal
B) Palmar, plantar
C) Medial, lateral
D) Transverse, coronal
E) Occipital, parietal

Question 13

Which one of the following names is not associated with the skull?

A) Mandible
B) Acoustic meatus
C) Frontal
D) Hyoid
E) Zygomatic

Question 14

The condition of this bone is often diagnostic of a strangulation.

A) Hyoid
B) Lacrimal bone
C) Coronal suture
D) Mental Foramen
E) Ramus of mandible

Question 15

Which of the following terms describe the vertebral column.

A) Orbits, zygomatic arch, lacrimal bone, temporal
B) Sacrum, coccyx, cervical, thoracic, lumbar
C) Ribosomes, nucleus, chromosomes, DNA
D) Incisors, canines, bicuspids, molars
E) Carpels, metacarpals, phalanges

Question 16

The term to describe the holes that pass through bony material to allow for nerves and blood vessels to pass is called a…..

A) Mandible
B) Maxilla
C) Coccyx
D) Foramen
E) All off the above

Question 17

Which of the following arm bones can be used to indicate age?

A) Humerus
B) Clavicle
C) Phalanges
D) Sacrum
E) Carpals

Question 18

Which is the longest bone in the human body?

A) Tibia
B) Fibula
C) Radius
D) Femur
E) Ulna

Question 19

What bones are associated with the hands and feet?

A) Tarsals, carpals, phalanges, calcaneus, scaphoid
B) Tarsals, carpals, phalanges, navicular, cuneiform
C) Tarsals, carpals, phalanges, metatarsals, metacarpals
D) Tarsals, carpals, phalanges, lunate, capitate
E) All of the above

Question 20

Which group of bones below yield the best estimate of height?

A) Pelvis, mandible, radius
B) Humerus, radius, ulna
C) Femur, tibia, fibula
D) Cervical, thoracic, lumbar vertebra
E) None of the above

Question 21

Which one of the examples describe sexual dimorphism.

A) Hip structure
B) Amount of hair
C) Body mass
D) Antlers
E) All of the above

Question 22

Which feature is characteristic of a female skull?

A) Squarer chin
B) More prominent nuchal crest
C) Larger mastoid
D) Reduced brow ridge
E) Thicker eye socket

Question 23

Which area of the scapula is used to determine sex?

A) Mental eminence
B) Supraorbital ridge
C) Arthritic lipping
D) Glenoid cavity
E) The diameter of the femoral head

Question 24

Which of the following landmarks is used to determine the sex if provided with a humerus.

A) Transverse diameter
B) Epicondylar width
C) Vertical diameter of the humeral head
D) All of the above
E) Choice 'a' and 'b' are correct

Question 25

Which of the following landmarks are used to determine the sex if provided with a femur.

A) Bicondylar width & maximum length
B) Epicondylar width
C) Vertical diameter of the femoral head
D) All of the above
E) Choice 'a' and 'c' are correct

Question 26

Which of the following description or landmarks is associated with sexual dimorphism of the female pelvis.

A) Wider pubic symphysis
B) Wider sciatic notch
C) Larger pelvic cavity
D) Wider pubic bone region
E) All of the above

Question 27

Which skeletal bone provides the best evidence as to the sex of the person?

A) Skull
B) Long bones
C) Pelvis
D) Arm bones
E) Vertebra

Question 28

You have been provided with a human skull. Describe the anatomical landmarks you would look at on the skull and delineate at each of the areas how you would distinguish between male and female.

Question 29

Matching:
-Anterior and posterior

A) palm of hand and sole of foot
B) front of the body and closest to the back of the body
C) higher point and lower point
D) divides body at the waist into upper and lower halves
E) closer and more distance to body's trunk
F) divides body into front and back halves and left and right halves
G) closer to midline, farther from midline
H) none of the above

Question 30

Matching:
-Distal and proximal

A) palm of hand and sole of foot
B) front of the body and closest to the back of the body
C) higher point and lower point
D) divides body at the waist into upper and lower halves
E) closer and more distance to body's trunk
F) divides body into front and back halves and left and right halves
G) closer to midline, farther from midline
H) none of the above

Question 31

Matching:
-medial and lateral

A) palm of hand and sole of foot
B) front of the body and closest to the back of the body
C) higher point and lower point
D) divides body at the waist into upper and lower halves
E) closer and more distance to body's trunk
F) divides body into front and back halves and left and right halves
G) closer to midline, farther from midline
H) none of the above

Question 32

Matching:
-superior and inferior

A) palm of hand and sole of foot
B) front of the body and closest to the back of the body
C) higher point and lower point
D) divides body at the waist into upper and lower halves
E) closer and more distance to body's trunk
F) divides body into front and back halves and left and right halves
G) closer to midline, farther from midline
H) none of the above

Question 33

Matching:
-palmar and plantar

A) palm of hand and sole of foot
B) front of the body and closest to the back of the body
C) higher point and lower point
D) divides body at the waist into upper and lower halves
E) closer and more distance to body's trunk
F) divides body into front and back halves and left and right halves
G) closer to midline, farther from midline
H) none of the above

Question 34

Matching:
-coronal and sagittal

A) palm of hand and sole of foot
B) front of the body and closest to the back of the body
C) higher point and lower point
D) divides body at the waist into upper and lower halves
E) closer and more distance to body's trunk
F) divides body into front and back halves and left and right halves
G) closer to midline, farther from midline
H) none of the above

Question 35

Matching:
-transverse

A) palm of hand and sole of foot
B) front of the body and closest to the back of the body
C) higher point and lower point
D) divides body at the waist into upper and lower halves
E) closer and more distance to body's trunk
F) divides body into front and back halves and left and right halves
G) closer to midline, farther from midline
H) none of the above

Question 36

Which of the following terms are associated with statistics?

A) Regression analysis
B) Chi-square
C) Standard deviation
D) Null hypothesis
E) All of the above

Question 37

Which of the following tool (s) are used to make measurements from skeletal remains?

A) Osteometric board
B) Calipers
C) Thermocycler
D) Choice 'a' and 'b' are correct
E) Choice 'a' and 'c' are correct

Question 38

Given a long bone (arm or leg), what piece of information would be least reliable to draw a conclusion from this piece of evidence?

A) Sex
B) Ethnicity
C) Stature
D) Age
E) all of the above

Question 39

You have been provided with a human pelvis. Describe the anatomical landmarks you would look at and delineate at each of the areas of the pelvis how you would distinguish between male and female.