Anthropology Flashcards
What types of marks would you find on blunt force
Wide with some cracks
What type of marks should you expect to find on sharp force trauma?
Puncture wounds, crazing fracture, or complete fractures
What type of marks should you expect to find on projectile trauma
radiating fractures from point of impact
What type of marks should you expect to find on strangulation trauma
Fracture hyoid
What are the ends of the long bones called (humerus)
Epiphyses
What is the name given to the shaft of the long bone?
Diaphysis
If the cranial structure is all fused is the person younger or older?
Older: MALE over 35
FEMALE over 50
If the cranial structure is open is the person younger or older?
YOUNGER VICTIM
What are the three races?
Mongoloid, Negroid, Caucasoid
What do the eye orbits look like of a caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid?
Caucasoid: oval
Negroid: Square
Mongoloid: rounded
What does the nasal aperture look like of a caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid?
Caucasoid: long, narrow
Negroid: Wide
Mongoloid: rounded
What does the palate shape look like of a caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid?
Caucasoid: triangular
Negroid: Rectangular
Mongoloid: parabolic
What does the zygomatic arch look like of a caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid?
Caucasoid: narrow
Negroid: pronounced
Mongoloid: wide and shallow
What does the mandible shape look like of a caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid?
Caucasoid: narrow
Negroid: wide
Mongoloid: pointed
Which two bones can most easily be used to determine SEX of a human
Pelvis and skull
FOR PELVIS
What’s the pubis body difference between the male and female?
Male: narrow
Female: wide
FOR PELVIS
What’s the difference of the sub pubic angle between the male and female?
Male: less than 90 degree
Female: more than 90 deg
FOR PELVIS
What’s the hip width difference between the male and female?
Male: Narrow
Female: Wide
FOR PELVIS
What’s the pelvic cavity shape difference between the male and female?
Male: Heart Shaped
Female: circular
SKULL
What’s the shape of eye orbit difference between the male and female?
Male: Square
Female: Round
SKULL
What’s the mandible shape difference between the male and female?
Male: Square or U-shaped
Female: Round or V-Shaped
Suture
Areas where bones are connected
Nasal Aperture
Nose hole
Saggital Suture
Suture on top of the cranium
