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WorksheetsQuiz: Mystery of the Bones
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
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.
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
What is the most accurate place to determine body temperature?
Rectal
Liver
Armpit
Ear
Every hour, how much does the body drop temperature (at ambient temperatures)?
1 degree Celsius
1.5 degrees Celsius
5 degrees Celsius
0.5 degrees Celsius
Body stiffens in the first 24 hours.
rigor mortis
lividity
Blood collecting due to heart stop pumping
lividity
rigor mortis
The body stops growing, but continues to remodel its bones.
True
False
What can flies determine about the body?
Temperature
Time of death
Size of body
Last meal
There is never a good reason to exhume a corpse.
True
False
Sternum is the last bone to complete its growth.
True
False
