Module 12: Forensic Anthropology Flashcards

1
Q

3 Axes

A
  • longitudinal (superior-inferior)
  • anteroposterior
  • mediolateral
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2
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3 plane

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  • transverse (cross section/crosswise)
  • coronal (front and back)
  • sagittal (lengthwise)
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3
Q

palmar vs plantar

A

palmar - kamay
plantar - paa

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4
Q

True or False
Dorsal can be used to the back of both hand and foot

A

True

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5
Q

What are the cracks called on the skull?

A

sutures

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6
Q

True or False
There are only paired bones in the skull

A

False. Paired and unpaired

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7
Q

Significance of fontanelle

A

To allow compression of skull during birth

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8
Q
  • single bone in the front of the neck
  • no articulation
A

hyoid

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9
Q

How does the examination of hyoid used in forensics?

A
  • it can be checked if there is strangulation
  • sometimes it is fused some not
  • muscles around are checked for hemorrhage
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10
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What are the 5 segments of vertebral column?

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  • cervical
  • thoracic
  • lumbar
  • sacrum
  • coccyx
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11
Q

True or False
Female and male have diff no. of ribs

A

False

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12
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3 kinds of ribs

A
  • true
  • false
  • floating
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13
Q

Why do ribs end with cartilage?

A

To allow expansion for breathing

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14
Q

What phalanx is absent at the thumb?

A

intermediate

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15
Q

Pelvic girdle

A

connects upper and lower body

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16
Q

Forensic anthropology

A

deals with analyses of human skeleton

17
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5 States of skeleton

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  • complete
  • fragmented
  • commingled
  • burned
  • decomposed
18
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Questions to ask

A
  1. Is it bone? (wood, shells, rocks, seeds)
  2. Is it human?
  3. Is it modern or archaeological?
    • if modern: minimum no. of individual, biological profile(s), id
19
Q

How can you know MNI?

A
  • based on the highest number of unique elements
20
Q

Biological profile

A
  • ancestry/ethnicity
  • sex
  • age
  • stature
21
Q

Ancestry

A
  • based on broad geographic groupings
  • important to know because methods for the subsequent analyses are population-specific
22
Q

OSSA

A

optimized summed scored attributes

23
Q

Dimorphic characteristics

A
  • wider pelvis in female
  • sharp jaw in male
  • larger mastoid processes in male
24
Q

3 age range

A
  • juvenile
  • young adult
  • older adult
25
Q

indicators of age using bones

A

juvenile - developing
adult - deterioration

26
Q

some specific indicator

A

old:
fused pelvis
fused epiphysis
deteriorated pubic symphysis

27
Q

2 Methods to estimate stature

A
  • anatomical method (height of bones + soft tissue corrections)
  • mathematical method (used of regression formula)
28
Q

True or False
Equation is used by all.

A

False. It i s population and sex-specific

29
Q

Different trauma analysis

A
  • antemortem
    No healing:
  • perimortem (SFtrauma, BFT, BallisticT)
  • postmortem (insect and rodent activity)
30
Q

Others that are checked

A
  • non-metric variations
  • nutrient deficiencies
  • stress indicators (porotic hyperostosis)
  • diseases
31
Q

Application of forensic anthropology

A
  • inspection of skeletal trauma
  • establish demography of victims
  • check for indicators of low socio-economic status
32
Q

Baka mabonus
Sino yung may quote sa last slide ni sir?

A

Jerome Bailen