Chapter 12 - Human Remains

What is the proper name for growth plates?

• Sutures

• Epiphyses

• Xyphoid

• Osteons

These joints in the skull are immovable and can be used to indicate age.

• Epiphyses

• Sutures

• Osteons

• Xyphoid

This term describes people of European, Middle Eastern, and Indian descent.

• Negroid

• Mongoloid

• Caucasoid

This term describes people of African, Aborigine, or Melanesian descent.

• Negroid

• Mongoloid

• Caucasoid

This term describes people of Asian, Native American, and Polynesian descent.

• Negroid

• Mongoloid

• Caucasoid

This event after death presents with stiff muscles.

• Algor Mortis

• Rigor Mortis

• Livor Mortis

This event after death presents with large bruising on the side the body is lying down.

• Algor Mortis

• Rigor Mortis

• Livor Mortis

This event after death presents with the cooling of the body's temperature.

• Algor Mortis

• Rigor Mortis

• Livor Mortis

How many bones in the adult human body?

• 12

• 320

• 206

• a million

In order to assist with birthing a child, _______ often have wider pelvic bones than their counterparts.

• females

• males