Chapter 13: Forensic Anthropology

The scientific study of the origins and behavior as well as the physical, social, and cultural development of humans.

• Epiphysis

• Anthropology

• Mitochondrial DNA

• Sociology

The study of physical anthropology as it applies to human skeletal remains in a legal setting

• Anthropology

• Skeletal Trauma Analysis

• Sociology

• Forensic Anthropology

weakening of bone which may happen if there is not enough calcium in the diet

• Ossification

• Osteocyte

• Osteoporosis

• Osteoblast

True or False: An adult has 206 bones after all bones have become fully developed.

• True

• False

Wraps the ends of bones for protection and keeps them from scraping against one another.

• Joint

• Cartilage

• Ligament

• Tendon

Bands of tissue connecting together two or more bones.

• Joint

• Cartilage

• Ligament

• Tendon

Connect muscle to bone

• Joint

• Cartilage

• Ligament

• Tendon

True or False: The female skull is more massive and bumpier than the male skull.

• True

• False

Shape of eye is more square, upper brow ridge is thick and large, frontal bone is low and sloping.

• Male

• Female

• Both male and female

Subpubic angle of 90 degrees, rectangular pubis, oval shaped pelvic cavity.

• Male

• Female

• Both male and female