Sex determination

Question 1

What is the most reliable skeletal element for determining sex?

Answer 1

The pelvis

Question 2

What are the phenice traits?

Answer 2

Medial aspect of the isciopubic ramus, Ventral arc and subpubic concavity

Question 3

Morphological assessment of sex utilizing the cranium is:

Answer 3

Population specific

Based on the larger overall size and greater muscle mass of males

Question 4

What does the subpubic concavity look like in females?

Answer 4

Curved

Question 5

What does the ventral arc look like in females?

Answer 5

Traingle/ arc

Question 6

What does the isciopubic ramus look like in females?

Answer 6

Pinched

Question 7

What does the greater sciatic notch look like in females?

Answer 7

Wide

Question 8

What does the greater sciatic notch look like in males?

Answer 8

Narrow

Question 9

What does the subpubic concavity look like in males?

Answer 9

Lack of concavity, more straight

Question 10

What does the ventral arc look like in males?

Answer 10

Slight ridge

Question 11

What does the isciopubic ramus look like in males?

Answer 11

Broader medial surface

Question 12

What does the subpubic angle look like in females?

Answer 12

Wider triangle

Question 13

What does the subpubic angle look like in males?

Answer 13

tall triangle

Question 14

What do the sacral alae look like in females?

Answer 14

Curves from s4 with wider ‘wings’ then central part

Question 15

What do the sacral alae look like in males?

Answer 15

Curves from start with narrower ‘wings’

Question 16

What is the pre-auricular sulcus?

Answer 16

Height of auricular surface. 1= female 4= absent/male

Question 17

What do the orbital margins look like in males?

Answer 17

more square

Question 18

what do the orbital margins look like in females?

Answer 18

more round

Question 19

What does the mandibular ramus flexure look like in females?

Answer 19

straight line

Question 20

What does the mandibular ramus flexure look like in males?

Answer 20

with a kink

Question 21

What does the gonial flare look like in males?

Answer 21

more pronounced ‘corner’

Question 22

What does the nuchal crest look like in males?

Answer 22

more prominant

Question 23

What does the nuchal crest look like in females?

Answer 23

more subtle bump

Question 24

Is the mastoid process more prominant in males or females?

Answer 24

males

Question 25

Is the mental eminance more prominant in males or females?

Answer 25

maless

Question 26

What distinguishes the male and female zygomatic ramus?

Answer 26

it goes father back on males, ends sooner in females

Question 27

What does olecranon fossa look like in males and females?

Answer 27

Triangular shape in males, rounded in females

Question 28

What does the medial epicondyle look like in males and females?

Answer 28

From the bottom view of the humerous, male is straight whilst female points up