FIS 201: Complete Exam 2 Review – Notes, Lectures, and
Reading Quizzes
It is easy to get a job as a full-time forensic anthropologist as long as you have a bachelor's
degree in anthropology or forensic science. - correct answer ✔✔False
Differences between time frame of fractures: - correct answer ✔✔Antemortem: An injury that
occurs before death with evidence of healing (reformed bone with round, smooth edges)
Perimortem: An injury that occurs at or around the time of death when a bone is still green or
fresh (sharp, clean edges), with no evidence of healing
Postmortem: An injury that occurs after death, when a bone is dry and brittle (jagged edges,
random pattern), with no evidence of healing
How to tell sex based on Pelvic Bone - correct answer ✔✔Male:
- v-shaped pubic angle
- narrow inlet and sciatic notch
Female:
- u-shaped pubic angle
- round inlet and wide sciatic notch
Females have a ______ mastoid process. - correct answer ✔✔small
Males have a ________ mastoid process. - correct answer ✔✔larger
Male skulls typically have _______ - correct answer ✔✔brow ridges
,Female skulls typically have _______ - correct answer ✔✔a smooth, more vertical frontal bone
African skull charactaristics: - correct answer ✔✔1. rectangular eye orbits
2. nasal gutter, typically wide nasal gap
3. more of a square jaw
Asian skull characteristics: - correct answer ✔✔1. circular eye orbits prominenet prognathism
2. more of a rounded jaw bone
European skull characteristics: - correct answer ✔✔1. sometimes v-shaped jaw, typically square-
ish
2. rectangular "aviator-shaped" eye orbits
3. high projecting nasal bone
What is the hardest material in the body? - correct answer ✔✔enamel
Forensic Dentists (Odontologists) - correct answer ✔✔- College Degree
- Dental School
- Specialty Training
- ABFO certification
Forensic Anthropologists - correct answer ✔✔- Training in anatomy, biology, and archaeology
- Most are college professors who consult
- MA/MS or Ph.D. minimum
- Some mass-grave exhumation work for the military
- Specialize in:
,- Archaeology
- Physical Anthropology
Unusal dental features: - correct answer ✔✔1. spacing
2. carabelli's cusp
3. talon cusp
4. diastema
Forensic Emtomologists: - correct answer ✔✔- Ecological or Entomological BS
- MS and PhD
- ABFE Exam (American Board of Forensic Entomology)
- $0-$5,000
Flies inhabiting a living person? - correct answer ✔✔Myiasis
Serologists - correct answer ✔✔May work in a crime lab or medical examiner's office:
- Identify human body fluids
- May also do DNA
- BS sufficient
In a private lab:
- Drug testing
- Toxicology
$37-60k/year
test which indicates the presence of a compound of interest. Has
, High sensitivity, moderate selectivity. Says that the material should be examined further -
correct answer ✔✔Presumptive test:
test or tests which positively identify the material
Moderate sensitivity, high selectivity - correct answer ✔✔Confirmatory test
Presumptive Testing Methods: - correct answer ✔✔Samples the stain: swab or filter paper
Apply the reagents
Document results
Kastle-Meyer test/Phenolphthalein Test: - correct answer ✔✔MOST COMMON IDENTIFICATION
TEST FOR BLOOD
Use on visible stains:
- Phenolphthalein in an alkaline solution
- Add peroxide plus the iron from hemoglobin
Pink swab means positive
No color means negative
Leucomalachite green test - correct answer ✔✔Use on visible stains:
- Positive test turns the swab green
- Add hydrogen peroxide to reagent + hemoglobin
Leucocrystal Violet (LCV) - correct answer ✔✔Use on low visibility stains for enhancement
Has a good amount of false positives
Reacts with hemoglobin to turn purple/black
Tests a large area instead of an individual stain
Reading Quizzes
It is easy to get a job as a full-time forensic anthropologist as long as you have a bachelor's
degree in anthropology or forensic science. - correct answer ✔✔False
Differences between time frame of fractures: - correct answer ✔✔Antemortem: An injury that
occurs before death with evidence of healing (reformed bone with round, smooth edges)
Perimortem: An injury that occurs at or around the time of death when a bone is still green or
fresh (sharp, clean edges), with no evidence of healing
Postmortem: An injury that occurs after death, when a bone is dry and brittle (jagged edges,
random pattern), with no evidence of healing
How to tell sex based on Pelvic Bone - correct answer ✔✔Male:
- v-shaped pubic angle
- narrow inlet and sciatic notch
Female:
- u-shaped pubic angle
- round inlet and wide sciatic notch
Females have a ______ mastoid process. - correct answer ✔✔small
Males have a ________ mastoid process. - correct answer ✔✔larger
Male skulls typically have _______ - correct answer ✔✔brow ridges
,Female skulls typically have _______ - correct answer ✔✔a smooth, more vertical frontal bone
African skull charactaristics: - correct answer ✔✔1. rectangular eye orbits
2. nasal gutter, typically wide nasal gap
3. more of a square jaw
Asian skull characteristics: - correct answer ✔✔1. circular eye orbits prominenet prognathism
2. more of a rounded jaw bone
European skull characteristics: - correct answer ✔✔1. sometimes v-shaped jaw, typically square-
ish
2. rectangular "aviator-shaped" eye orbits
3. high projecting nasal bone
What is the hardest material in the body? - correct answer ✔✔enamel
Forensic Dentists (Odontologists) - correct answer ✔✔- College Degree
- Dental School
- Specialty Training
- ABFO certification
Forensic Anthropologists - correct answer ✔✔- Training in anatomy, biology, and archaeology
- Most are college professors who consult
- MA/MS or Ph.D. minimum
- Some mass-grave exhumation work for the military
- Specialize in:
,- Archaeology
- Physical Anthropology
Unusal dental features: - correct answer ✔✔1. spacing
2. carabelli's cusp
3. talon cusp
4. diastema
Forensic Emtomologists: - correct answer ✔✔- Ecological or Entomological BS
- MS and PhD
- ABFE Exam (American Board of Forensic Entomology)
- $0-$5,000
Flies inhabiting a living person? - correct answer ✔✔Myiasis
Serologists - correct answer ✔✔May work in a crime lab or medical examiner's office:
- Identify human body fluids
- May also do DNA
- BS sufficient
In a private lab:
- Drug testing
- Toxicology
$37-60k/year
test which indicates the presence of a compound of interest. Has
, High sensitivity, moderate selectivity. Says that the material should be examined further -
correct answer ✔✔Presumptive test:
test or tests which positively identify the material
Moderate sensitivity, high selectivity - correct answer ✔✔Confirmatory test
Presumptive Testing Methods: - correct answer ✔✔Samples the stain: swab or filter paper
Apply the reagents
Document results
Kastle-Meyer test/Phenolphthalein Test: - correct answer ✔✔MOST COMMON IDENTIFICATION
TEST FOR BLOOD
Use on visible stains:
- Phenolphthalein in an alkaline solution
- Add peroxide plus the iron from hemoglobin
Pink swab means positive
No color means negative
Leucomalachite green test - correct answer ✔✔Use on visible stains:
- Positive test turns the swab green
- Add hydrogen peroxide to reagent + hemoglobin
Leucocrystal Violet (LCV) - correct answer ✔✔Use on low visibility stains for enhancement
Has a good amount of false positives
Reacts with hemoglobin to turn purple/black
Tests a large area instead of an individual stain
