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ANTH 2014 – Forensic Anthropology Exam 3 (2025/2026), 100 Questions – Trauma, GSW, Decomposition

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This document features 100 fully answered practice questions for ANTH 2014 – Forensic Anthropology, tailored to the 2025/2026 academic year exam. It provides comprehensive coverage of core forensic topics, including types of trauma (antemortem, perimortem, postmortem), mechanisms of injury (blunt force, sharp force, gunshot wounds), fracture classifications, trauma analysis, decomposition stages, insect succession, and postmortem bone changes. Each question is immediately followed by a correct answer, making this an ideal resource for high-impact revision and concept reinforcement. This study guide is best suited for undergraduate students in forensic anthropology, biological anthropology, forensic science, criminal justice, pre-medical studies, or any discipline involving skeletal biology and death investigation. It also serves as a valuable resource for those preparing for lab work, practical exams, or careers involving forensic pathology, law enforcement, or archaeological recovery. Whether you're preparing for exams, reviewing casework methods, or strengthening your understanding of human remains analysis, this document offers a reliable, high-yield review tool aligned with university-level academic standards. Keywords: trauma types, forensic anthropology, gunshot wound, antemortem, perimortem, postmortem, blunt force trauma, sharp force trauma, decomposition stages, fracture patterns, skeletal analysis, forensic taphonomy, insect succession, striations, forensic identification

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Trauma - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔injury caused to living tissue by an outside force


Antemortem - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔before death - may help to identify someone


*person lives through trauma & is able to function


Perimortem - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔at or around the time of death - can help

invesigators evaluate violence against the individual

*this is what investigators really care about


Postmortem - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔after death - must be distinguished from

perimortem trauma

,*sometimes fuzzy line between perimortem & postmortem

*different color than where other fractures are equals postmortem b/c can

tell environmental factors at play


Cause of Death - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔those factors that prompt the two signs of

death:

1) breathing stops

2) heart stops




ex: disease, accident, intentional trauma, malnutrition, advanced age


Manner of Death - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ways in which a person dies; 5 important

factors:

1) homicide

2) suicide

3) accident

4) natural

5) unknown

, forensic anth. do not determine cause or manner of death - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔only pathologists make that determination based on what forensic anth.

told them


forces that cause trauma (5) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-tension


-compression

-torsion

-bending

-shearing


tension - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pulling force, dislocation


compression - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔pushing force, skull... shape of fracturing

instrument


torsion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔twisting, spiral, long bones, child abuse


bending - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔most common, greenstick, butterfly, Parry


shearing - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Colles' fracture, skateboard


types of trauma (3) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-high velocity


-blunt force

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