Forensic Anthropology Flashcards
Whats Forensic Anthropology?
-Helps legal agencies identify human remains
-Paleo/Archaeologists have spent years study human bones and fossils
Crime Lab scientists
They work and studying in a Lab
Forensic Anthropologist
Gather info on human bones to find how they died and how long ago they died
Forensic Odontologist
Specially trained dentists use their expertise to help identify who it is by dental work, their age and bite marks.
Forensic Pathologist
Medical doctor, who investigate, unexpected, suspicious, unnatural, and violent deaths.
Forensic Entomologist
Use their knowledge of how insects aid in body decomposition to determine time and sources of death. Can also tell if a body has been moved or disturbed after death.
Sex differences in pelvic
Female pelvic is oval and low & broad
Male pelvic is narrow and heart shaped and high & narrow
Sex differences in Cranium
Female cranium is smaller and males is larger.
Antemortem
Before death & signs of healing
Postmortem
After death & no healing
Perimortem
Close to time of death
Blunt trauma
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usually head
-punch, kick, hit with or without instruments
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or from Falls
-could be a brake, fracture or dislocation
Sharp trauma
-cuts or slashes
-stabbed by sharp points by knife axes etc
-try to determine the instrument matter angle of attack try to determine the instrument matter angle of attack and area of body
Firearms
-entrance =
Sharp edges, type of bullet, size
-more velocity is more damage
-Graze wounds to see where bullet came from
