Asm 275 Exam 2 Final Test Questions
and Actual Answers 2025.
biological profile - Answer age, sex, ancestry, stature as determined by the analysis of bones
first thing after body discovered
biological sex - Answer individuals genotype determined by sex chromosomes
*Sex and gender are not interchangeable
assessing sex younger 18 - Answer we do NOT have reliable means of identification until after
puberty
pelvis - Answer shows most reliable and consistent differences between male and female
female pelvis vs male pelvis - Answer females have larger pelvic girdles compared to average
body size due to birth
rogers and Saunders 1994 - Answer nearly 2 dozen differentiating features in pelvic bone
most found in pelvic soft tissue relating to sex
PELVIC ANATOMY - Answer pelvis= two halves called ossa coxae (plural) or os coxa
os coxa - Answer three bones connected with three distinct growth centers
1. ilium 2. ischium 3. pubis
illium - Answer superior aspect, blades forming hips
ischium - Answer roughened posterior (where you sit)
, main sex definers in pubic bone - Answer shape of pubic bone, shape of inferior pubic ramus,
presence of ventral arc
acetabulum - Answer where femur connects to pubic girdle
evolutionary processies shaping pelvis - Answer 1. bipedal walking favors narrow pelvis
2. birthing larger brained offspring favors wider pelvis
subpubic angle - Answer formed by two pelvic bones (females wider)
males= v-shaped around 70* or less
females= u-shaped around 70*- 110*
blades of ilia - Answer females= opened and flared (wide and shallow)
males= narrow and tall
pelvic outlet - Answer females= more oval
males= heart shpaed
obturator foramen - Answer females= triangle shaped, more visible, strut of bone connecting
pelvis to acetabulum are longer
males= oval shaped
5 most commenly used sex identifies in pelvic bone - Answer 1. subpubic concavity (ease to
score, 3 point scale)
2. pubic bone shape (easy to score, 3 point scale)
3.GReater Sciatic Notch Shape (easy to score, 5 point scale)
4.Venteral arc (difficult to score, 3 point scale)
and Actual Answers 2025.
biological profile - Answer age, sex, ancestry, stature as determined by the analysis of bones
first thing after body discovered
biological sex - Answer individuals genotype determined by sex chromosomes
*Sex and gender are not interchangeable
assessing sex younger 18 - Answer we do NOT have reliable means of identification until after
puberty
pelvis - Answer shows most reliable and consistent differences between male and female
female pelvis vs male pelvis - Answer females have larger pelvic girdles compared to average
body size due to birth
rogers and Saunders 1994 - Answer nearly 2 dozen differentiating features in pelvic bone
most found in pelvic soft tissue relating to sex
PELVIC ANATOMY - Answer pelvis= two halves called ossa coxae (plural) or os coxa
os coxa - Answer three bones connected with three distinct growth centers
1. ilium 2. ischium 3. pubis
illium - Answer superior aspect, blades forming hips
ischium - Answer roughened posterior (where you sit)
, main sex definers in pubic bone - Answer shape of pubic bone, shape of inferior pubic ramus,
presence of ventral arc
acetabulum - Answer where femur connects to pubic girdle
evolutionary processies shaping pelvis - Answer 1. bipedal walking favors narrow pelvis
2. birthing larger brained offspring favors wider pelvis
subpubic angle - Answer formed by two pelvic bones (females wider)
males= v-shaped around 70* or less
females= u-shaped around 70*- 110*
blades of ilia - Answer females= opened and flared (wide and shallow)
males= narrow and tall
pelvic outlet - Answer females= more oval
males= heart shpaed
obturator foramen - Answer females= triangle shaped, more visible, strut of bone connecting
pelvis to acetabulum are longer
males= oval shaped
5 most commenly used sex identifies in pelvic bone - Answer 1. subpubic concavity (ease to
score, 3 point scale)
2. pubic bone shape (easy to score, 3 point scale)
3.GReater Sciatic Notch Shape (easy to score, 5 point scale)
4.Venteral arc (difficult to score, 3 point scale)
