Quiz: Mystery of the Bones

What can the teeth tell you about the person?

• Diet

• Afford dental care

• Health

• Activity

What about the skull will tell you about their age?

• Fused sutures

• Frontal bone size

• Presence of sutures

• Size of orbitals

In general, a female skeleton will have a pelvis that is

• wider.

• narrower.

• thinner.

• smoother.

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Which bone is most commonly used to determine the height of the deceased?

• sternum

• femur

• clavicle

• humerus

If a forensic anthropologist uses their thumb to check the width of the notch on the pelvic, what are they trying to determine?

• age

• gender

• weight

• childbirth

You can tell if a person is right or left handed from the bones in the hand?

• True

• False

The sagittal suture in the skull can be investigated to determine:

• age

• gender

• race

• height

A forensic entomologist would study what on the corpse?

• finger bones

• insects

• blood

• muscle tissue

The field of science that would be involved in identifying skeletal remains is called

• reconstruction anatomy

• forensic anthropology

• physiology

• medicine

Common way anthropologist can tell if it is a male or female?

• skull

• bone thickness

• femur size

• teeth