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1
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What does forensic anthropology deal with?

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Ideology, anatomy metrics and radio imaging.

2
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How can you differentiate sex from bone structure?

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Femur and radius heads.

3
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What is anthropology?

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The study of humans, their cultures and their biology.

4
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What is anthropology divided into?

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Human biology and human culture.

5
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What is paleoanthropology?

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The biological study of last human populations

6
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What is bioanthropology?

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The biological study of current human populations.

7
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What is archaeology?

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The study of past human cultures.

8
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What is ethnology?

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The study of current human cultures.

9
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What are the four functions of bones?

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Support, motion, protection and growth

10
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What do bones consist of? (3)

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Hard outer layer; sponge-like inner layer; medullary cavity (contains marrow)

11
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What is the cranial skeleton?

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The skull

12
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What is the post cranial skeleton?

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Everything but the skull

13
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What is the axial skeleton?

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The spine vertebrae and sternum

14
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What is the appendicular skeleton?

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The group of either upper or lower limbs

15
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What is the role of cadaver dogs?

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To sniff out human remains.

16
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What does a biological profile consist of?

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Sex, age at death, age, height, etc.

17
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How do we determine sex in adolescence?

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Females grow faster than males

18
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How do we determine sex from the pelvis?

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The sciatic notch. 60° in women, 30° in men

19
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How many skull measurements are used to determine sex and race?

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34

20
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What are the forensic age ranges? (7)

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Fetal (before birth), infant (0-3), child (3-12), adolescent (12-20), young adult (20-35), adult (35-50) and old adult (50+).

21
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What plays the largest role in dental identification?

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Fillings, caps and restorations

22
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What are the five sides of a tooth?

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Buccal (cheek), lingual (tongue), mesial (toward the body), distal (away from the body) and occlusal surface.

23
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What is positive identification?

A

Individualising a set of remains.

24
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What are the four manners of death?

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Natural, accidental, homocide and suicide

25
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What is taphonomy?

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The study of what happens to an organism between the time of death and when it enters a lab.