ASM 275 UPDATED EXAMINERS SET QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Teeth Order - ✔✔enamel on top
dentine on middle
pulp chamber on bottom
✔✔Osteology - ✔✔The basis of all forensic anthropology is an intimate knowledge of
human skeletal anatomy, growth, function, & structure, including the dentition
✔✔Axial Skeleton/Appendicular Skeleton - ✔✔Axial: Portion of the skeletal system that
consists of the skull, rib cage, and vertebral column
Appendicular: composed of the bones of the arms, legs, hands, & feet
✔✔Collagen - ✔✔protein component - provides flexibility to bone
✔✔Hydroxapatite - ✔✔mineral component - provides rigidity to bone
✔✔Osteon - ✔✔microscopic structure of cortical bone
✔✔Plexiform - ✔✔having the form of a network of nerves or vessels in the body
✔✔Bone Histology - ✔✔Histology is the microscopic study of biological tissues
, ✔✔Foramen - ✔✔an opening, hole, or passage, especially in a bone
✔✔Suture - ✔✔an immovable junction between two bones, such as those of the skull
✔✔Superior/Inferior - ✔✔Superior: towards the head/upper
Inferior: away from the head/lower
✔✔Anterior/Prosterior - ✔✔Anterior: front
Prosterior: back
✔✔Medial/Lateral - ✔✔Medial: toward the midline
Lateral: away from the midline
✔✔Proximal/Distal - ✔✔Proximal: closest to point of origin
Distal: furthest from point of origin
✔✔Diaphysis - ✔✔primary center of ossification (bone formation)
✔✔Epiphysis - ✔✔secondary centers of ossification
✔✔Metaphysis - ✔✔that part of the long bone that flares and expands in width to
accommodate the growing epiphyses
✔✔Trabecular Bone/Diploe - ✔✔Trabecular Bone: spongy bone inside of skeletal
elements
Dipole: the spongy cancellous bone separating the inner and outer layers of the cortical
bone of the skull
✔✔Cortical Bone - ✔✔dense bone on surfaces of skeletal elements
✔✔Sources of Variation in Human Skeleton - ✔✔Age
Sex
Ancestry: local adaptation & evolutionary forces
Muscularity, conditioning - may affect muscle attachments
Occupational - habitual activities may cause deviations from the norm
Pathology: study of disease
Congenital diseases
Infectious diseases
Health, dietary changes
Idiosyncratic Genetic Variants
Cultural factors
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Teeth Order - ✔✔enamel on top
dentine on middle
pulp chamber on bottom
✔✔Osteology - ✔✔The basis of all forensic anthropology is an intimate knowledge of
human skeletal anatomy, growth, function, & structure, including the dentition
✔✔Axial Skeleton/Appendicular Skeleton - ✔✔Axial: Portion of the skeletal system that
consists of the skull, rib cage, and vertebral column
Appendicular: composed of the bones of the arms, legs, hands, & feet
✔✔Collagen - ✔✔protein component - provides flexibility to bone
✔✔Hydroxapatite - ✔✔mineral component - provides rigidity to bone
✔✔Osteon - ✔✔microscopic structure of cortical bone
✔✔Plexiform - ✔✔having the form of a network of nerves or vessels in the body
✔✔Bone Histology - ✔✔Histology is the microscopic study of biological tissues
, ✔✔Foramen - ✔✔an opening, hole, or passage, especially in a bone
✔✔Suture - ✔✔an immovable junction between two bones, such as those of the skull
✔✔Superior/Inferior - ✔✔Superior: towards the head/upper
Inferior: away from the head/lower
✔✔Anterior/Prosterior - ✔✔Anterior: front
Prosterior: back
✔✔Medial/Lateral - ✔✔Medial: toward the midline
Lateral: away from the midline
✔✔Proximal/Distal - ✔✔Proximal: closest to point of origin
Distal: furthest from point of origin
✔✔Diaphysis - ✔✔primary center of ossification (bone formation)
✔✔Epiphysis - ✔✔secondary centers of ossification
✔✔Metaphysis - ✔✔that part of the long bone that flares and expands in width to
accommodate the growing epiphyses
✔✔Trabecular Bone/Diploe - ✔✔Trabecular Bone: spongy bone inside of skeletal
elements
Dipole: the spongy cancellous bone separating the inner and outer layers of the cortical
bone of the skull
✔✔Cortical Bone - ✔✔dense bone on surfaces of skeletal elements
✔✔Sources of Variation in Human Skeleton - ✔✔Age
Sex
Ancestry: local adaptation & evolutionary forces
Muscularity, conditioning - may affect muscle attachments
Occupational - habitual activities may cause deviations from the norm
Pathology: study of disease
Congenital diseases
Infectious diseases
Health, dietary changes
Idiosyncratic Genetic Variants
Cultural factors
