FIS 201 Exam 2 WVU questions well
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Forensic anthropologist - correct answer ✔✔specialize in archaeology and physical
anthropology; do mass grave exhumation, work for the military; have training in anatomy,
biology, and archaeology
Bones important for determining human species - correct answer ✔✔cranium, pelvis, scapula,
femur, humerus
Forensic archaeology - correct answer ✔✔Recover and interpret human remains; locate
gravesites, remove skeletons out safely
Physical anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Study of the biology, variation, and evolution of
humans; patterns of human shape and size, growth and development, population differences
How to identify human bones - correct answer ✔✔shape, size, thickness
Ossification centers - correct answer ✔✔born with ~405, which later fuse to 206 adult bones
speed of fusing of bones can demonstrate what - correct answer ✔✔age
Suture Scoring Stage 0, (~7yrs) - correct answer ✔✔gaps between plates, noticeable
Suture scoring stage 1 (8-40 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔sutures are present
, suture scoring stage 2 (40-50 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔Smooth and filled with bones
suture scoring stage 3 (60-70 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔Almost completely smoothed.
pubic symphysis - correct answer ✔✔The shape of the face of the bone inside of the cartilage;
for males and females both it starts to look more irregular with age
Ends of ribs, estimator of age - correct answer ✔✔cartilage becomes more bony, degrades
cartilage
Male pelvic bone, sexual dimorphism - correct answer ✔✔V shaped sub-pubic angle, narrow
inlet and sciatic notch
Female pelvic bone, sexual dimorphism - correct answer ✔✔U-shaped sub-pubic angle, round
inlet and wide sciatic notch
Male skull/sexual dimorphism - correct answer ✔✔prominent brow ridges, larger mastoid
processes
Female skull/sexual dimorphism - correct answer ✔✔smooth, more vertical frontal bone, small
mastoid processes
How to differentiate race using skull identification - correct answer ✔✔orbit shape, cheekbone
shape, nasal bone shape, prognathism
asian skull - correct answer ✔✔Circular eye orbits
African skull - correct answer ✔✔rectangular eye orbits, broad nasal aperture, rounded nasal
sill, alveolar prognathism
answered already passed
Forensic anthropologist - correct answer ✔✔specialize in archaeology and physical
anthropology; do mass grave exhumation, work for the military; have training in anatomy,
biology, and archaeology
Bones important for determining human species - correct answer ✔✔cranium, pelvis, scapula,
femur, humerus
Forensic archaeology - correct answer ✔✔Recover and interpret human remains; locate
gravesites, remove skeletons out safely
Physical anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Study of the biology, variation, and evolution of
humans; patterns of human shape and size, growth and development, population differences
How to identify human bones - correct answer ✔✔shape, size, thickness
Ossification centers - correct answer ✔✔born with ~405, which later fuse to 206 adult bones
speed of fusing of bones can demonstrate what - correct answer ✔✔age
Suture Scoring Stage 0, (~7yrs) - correct answer ✔✔gaps between plates, noticeable
Suture scoring stage 1 (8-40 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔sutures are present
, suture scoring stage 2 (40-50 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔Smooth and filled with bones
suture scoring stage 3 (60-70 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔Almost completely smoothed.
pubic symphysis - correct answer ✔✔The shape of the face of the bone inside of the cartilage;
for males and females both it starts to look more irregular with age
Ends of ribs, estimator of age - correct answer ✔✔cartilage becomes more bony, degrades
cartilage
Male pelvic bone, sexual dimorphism - correct answer ✔✔V shaped sub-pubic angle, narrow
inlet and sciatic notch
Female pelvic bone, sexual dimorphism - correct answer ✔✔U-shaped sub-pubic angle, round
inlet and wide sciatic notch
Male skull/sexual dimorphism - correct answer ✔✔prominent brow ridges, larger mastoid
processes
Female skull/sexual dimorphism - correct answer ✔✔smooth, more vertical frontal bone, small
mastoid processes
How to differentiate race using skull identification - correct answer ✔✔orbit shape, cheekbone
shape, nasal bone shape, prognathism
asian skull - correct answer ✔✔Circular eye orbits
African skull - correct answer ✔✔rectangular eye orbits, broad nasal aperture, rounded nasal
sill, alveolar prognathism
