Unit 6 Test Review

What bones are most useful when developing a profile for someone?

• Skull and Teeth
• Ulna and Radius
• Phalanges
• Femur

What bones are most useful when determining race of a victim?

• Pelvis
• Ulna and Radius
• Skull and Femur
• Phalanges

How is the skull used to develop a profile of someone?

• The brow and back of skull can tell age and the skull sutures can tell gender
• both of these
• The brow and back of skull can tell gender and the skull sutures can tell age
• neither of these

What information do bones provide for forensic scientists?

• gender and age

• previously healed fractures

• height and health

• all of the above

CT scans and X-rays allow for what?

• Chemical analysis of bones.
• Evaluation of whether or not bones have fused.
• Evaluation of the external structure of the bone.
• Evaluation of the internal structure of the bone.

If a skull has a large mastoid process and prominent brow ridges, it most likely belongs to a ___________.

• female

• adult

• male

• child

What is the function of a mass spectrometer?

• Evaluation of chemicals (trace elements) that make up the bone

• Evaluation of whether or not bones have fused.

• Evaluation of the internal structure of the bone.

• Evaluation of the external structure of the bone.

DNA Analysis allows for ______________?

• Extreme magnification to look for small details in bone.
• The breakdown of trace elements that make up each bone.
• Evaluation of internal bone strucutre.
• Identification using DNA found the in bones

What structure wraps around the end of bones?

• Tendon
• Muscle
• Cartilage
• All of these.

What techniques are used when looking to find a body?

• dogs
• all of the above.
• metal prod
• ground penetrating radar