Lecture 11.2

Question 1

Who collects the evidence?

Answer 1

SOCO - scene of crime officer-police

Question 2

DVI - disaster victim indentification is for more than _ deaths

Answer 2

more than 2 deaths

Question 3

What does a forensic anthropologist do?

Answer 3

examines skeletonised or partialy skeletonised remains

helps forensic pathologist identify the dead and determine COD

Reports to the coroner

Question 4

reference skeletal collections can hep with identifying ___ but have limitations

Answer 4

gender

Question 5

The wider female pelvis means the subpubic angle is ____

Answer 5

larger

Question 6

A male cranium will be more _____

Answer 6

A male cranium will be more robust

Question 7

Mandible morphology - males is more ___

Answer 7

square

Question 8

Juvenile remains are before secondary sexual characteristics so cannot identify ____

Answer 8

gender

Question 9

_____tissue undergoes predictable changes, and can be quantified and accurately correlated with skeletal ___

Answer 9

Osseous tissue undergoes predictable changes, and can be quantified and accurately correlated with skeletal age

Question 10

The pubic symphyses undergoes metamorphosis which makes young adults identifiable by the ____ ____

Answer 10

large grooves

Question 11

There is confidence in aging individuals below ___years

Answer 11

There is confidence in aging individuals below 30 years

Question 12

30-40 year olds will tend to be ___-aged

Answer 12

over-aged

Question 13

femur and tibia age good for estimating ____

Answer 13

height

Question 14

bones will ___ from heat

Answer 14

shrink (up to 13%)