Anthropology Quiz

Which is the most reliable bone to determine the sex of a skeleton? 

• Femur
• Skull
• Pelvic bone
• Collarbone

What CANNOT be determined by examining bones?

• Past trauma

• Past surgeries

• Weight

• Past diseases

Forensic Anthropologists study _________

• bones

• blood

• missing persons

• ancient societies

Whose jaw is larger?

• Female

• Male

There are bones in a fully developed adult human body.

• 206

• 450

• 26

• 45

• 240

What is the name of the bone labeled g?

• Fibula

• Tibia

• Femur

• Radius

• Humerus

If a skull has square eye sockets, a square mandible, a large upper brow ridge and a large mastoid bone protrusion, it is

• male

• female

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A wider pelvic arch, wider pelvic brim and flared ilium belong to a

• female

• male

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Measuring the femur, tibia, radius or humerus can identify

• a person's height

• type of disease

• if it is human

• bond damage history

Name the bone of the skull

• Occipital bone

• Nasal bone

• ethmoid

• lacrimal