Exam #4 Answers:
1. You are conducting a bite mark analysis on an individual in your lab. What features would best help you
make an identification of the perpetrator?
The distance from canine to canine
2. Which of th
...
Exam #4 Answers:
1. You are conducting a bite mark analysis on an individual in your lab. What features would best help you
make an identification of the perpetrator?
The distance from canine to canine
2. Which of the following is an example of cultural/behavioral modifications to the skeleton that could be
useful in identification?
Grooves to the teeth from pipe smoking
3. Which of the following infectious diseases affect the face and facial portion of the skeleton:
Leprosy, tuberculosis and syphilis all affect the facial skeleton
4. The pathological condition found in the eye orbits due to iron deficiency anemia and red blood cell
production is known as:
Cribra orbitalia
5. The type of pathology that is due to iron deficiency anemia and that is found on the vault of the skull is
called?
Porotic hyperostosis
6. Facets on the lower tibiae (shin bones) and the talus (ankle bone) may be indicative of which habitual
activity?
Squatting
7. To estimate body weight from bones, one must take into account which of the following factors?
Size of the muscle markings
Sex
Height
All of the above, and you are still just guessing
8. Habitual pipe smoking may be reflected in the teeth in the form of rounded facets on the occlusal (biting)
surfaces.
True
9. The role of JPAC is to...
Recover, identify and repatriate missing US service men and women
10. Bite mark analysis has withstood years of scrutiny and is now widely regarded as a well established
approach to forensic identification
False
11. For the Pedro de Corpa case study discussed in class, what was the only available skeletal evidence that
this project was based on:
A partial cranium
12. Evidence of focused or concentrated use of certain body segments that may give an anthropologist some
insight into a person’s occupation before death can be found in:
The pattern of minor stress fractures
Discrete markers such as facets and grooves on certain bones
Modifications to areas of muscle insertion
All of the above
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13. The Bosnian genocide occurred during the 1990s.
True
14. You find a skeletonized individual out in the desert. You notice that there is beveling around the left
glenoid fossa (shoulder socket), the left humerus is heavier and the left deltoid tuberosity is larger. You
conclude which of the following about this individual?
They were likely left handed
15. The Fort King George skull showed the tell tale signs of scalping and was therefore positively identified as
Pedro de Corpa.
False
16. Anatomical variants can provide information on normal human skeletal and dental variation which can
be useful for making a positive identification.
True
17. The lines that appear on the teeth as a result of non-specific stress during growth are called:
Linear enamel hypoplasias (LEH)
18. One can usually tell what a person did for a living by observing occupational stress markers on the
skeleton
False
19. The sole goal of facial reproduction is to produce an exact replica of the individual for identification
purposes.
False
20. Whose bite mark did we discuss most specifically in class?
Ted Bundy
21. All of the following can be used to determine handedness except:
Elbow arthritis
Humerus epicondyle breadth
Glenoid beveling
Metacarpal: carpal ratios
22. Examining bone pathology on a decedent (dead person) can provide information on their socioeconomic
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