FRSC 2600-FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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What is Forensic Anthropology?
a type of applied anthropology that specializes in the changes and variations in the
human skeletal for the purpose of legal inquiry
What is a forensic anthropologist?
provides basic identification of skeletonized or badly decomposed remains
What is osteology?
the study of bones
What are the function of bones?
1. Provides structure and rigidity
2. Protects soft tissue and organs
3. Serves as an attachment for muscles
4. Produces blood cells
5. Serves as a storage area for minerals
6. Can detoxify the body by removing heavy metals and other foreign elements from the
blood
For age determination, most accurate estimations come from
1. Teeth
2. Epiphyses or growth plates
, 3. Cranial sutures
4. Age range
What age is an individual with a sagittal suture completely closed
Males: 26+
Females: 29+
What age is an individual with a Sagittal suture complete open
Male: less than 32
Female: less than 35
What age is an individual with a complete closure of all three
Males over: 35
Females: over 50
True or False: A female pelvis is wider
True
True or False: Females have a narrow subpubic angle and narrow pubic bone
body
False
True or False: Males ribcages and shoulders are generally wider and larger than
females
True
Generally, a forensic scientist can place skulls into one of the following groups
Caucasian, Negroid, and Mongoloid
Negroid skulls include
African, Aborigine, and Melanesian descent
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
What is Forensic Anthropology?
a type of applied anthropology that specializes in the changes and variations in the
human skeletal for the purpose of legal inquiry
What is a forensic anthropologist?
provides basic identification of skeletonized or badly decomposed remains
What is osteology?
the study of bones
What are the function of bones?
1. Provides structure and rigidity
2. Protects soft tissue and organs
3. Serves as an attachment for muscles
4. Produces blood cells
5. Serves as a storage area for minerals
6. Can detoxify the body by removing heavy metals and other foreign elements from the
blood
For age determination, most accurate estimations come from
1. Teeth
2. Epiphyses or growth plates
, 3. Cranial sutures
4. Age range
What age is an individual with a sagittal suture completely closed
Males: 26+
Females: 29+
What age is an individual with a Sagittal suture complete open
Male: less than 32
Female: less than 35
What age is an individual with a complete closure of all three
Males over: 35
Females: over 50
True or False: A female pelvis is wider
True
True or False: Females have a narrow subpubic angle and narrow pubic bone
body
False
True or False: Males ribcages and shoulders are generally wider and larger than
females
True
Generally, a forensic scientist can place skulls into one of the following groups
Caucasian, Negroid, and Mongoloid
Negroid skulls include
African, Aborigine, and Melanesian descent
