Anthropology Quiz
Nasal aperture
Caucasoid - narrow Africoid - inverted heart Mongoloid - round
orbits
Caucasoid - sloping Africoid - rectangular Mongoloid - rounded
Skull morphology
Caucasoid - small, rounded Africoid - long, large Mongoloid - rounded, large
the skull
FEMALE - smaller and slighter supraorbital ridges in the forehead - slight eye ridges - curved and round chin - smaller teeth MALE - supraorbital ridges in the forehead tend to be extreme - very pronounced eye ridges - Square and angular chin - large your teeth
pelvis
FEMALE - shorter and wider space needed for childbirth MALE - taller and narrower
limb bones (femur)
MALE - has a number of large ridges where the muscles attach - has larger weight bearing surfaces
what for a bone scan an archaeologist examined to determine sex
Skull, sacrum, coccyx, pelvic girdle
how can you tell if a person is finished growing
The Cartlidge present at the end of bones will have been replaced with just bone
at what age does bone mineral loss exceed bone gain
after 35
how to determine age
amount of cartilage on bones
what three pieces of information can be determined by examining skeletal remains
breaks and fractures, handedness, gender..... and race
List three differences between the female and male pelvis
females wider, females have lighter bones, females have smoother bones
what is the purpose of the pelvic girdle
it is an area of attachment for bones and muscles in legs
what are two differences between the muscle attachment sites and weight bearing surfaces on male limbs compared to female limbs
larger and more pronounced
what are two ways that the sex of Skeletal remains can be determined when no skull has been found
pelvis and limbs
how to determine gender
pelvis, limbs, skull
what three skeletal parts different in size between males and females
pelvis, limbs, skull
how to determine race
skull
which part of the human skeleton tends to exhibit the most distinct traits among individual ancestral groups
skull
what are soft spots
they are membranous areas that separate skull bones in children they allow the school to be compressed during birth
female stop crying by the age of 18 and males stop growing by the age of 21
true
fontanelles are soft spots in a child's head
true
handedness can be determined by looking at arm bone size
true
in children, mineral deposit occurs faster than mineral loss
true
in females the sacrum is wider and shorter than the males
true
well three days and osteoporosis can be seen in skeletal remains
true
The space between the eyes and nose in the school of a Negroid individual tends to be what shape?
wider
what word outlines the main difference between human male pelvis and human female pelvis
width
