ASM 275 Exam 4-Questions and Answers

ASM 275 Exam 4 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 .............