Rough and bumpy skeleton
Male
Smooth skeleton
Female
Subpuic angle of 105 degreees
Female
Subpubic angle of 86 degrees
Male
Triangular pubis
Male
Jaw angle of 105 degrees
Female
Rectangular pubis
Female
Oval shaped pelvic cavity
Female
Heart shaped pelvic cavity
Male
Rounded eye sockets
Female
Square eye socket
Male
Thick brow ridge
Male
Occipital protuberance is present
Male
Frontal bone is slopping and low
Male
Frontal bone is high and more rounded
Female
What is the periosteum?
A dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surface of the joints
Coronal sutures close around the age of
50
Around what age do do bones stop growing and have the possibility to start deteriorating
30
Can you use suture lines to determine someone's age
Yes
The sagittal suture closes by age
32
The squamous suture closes by age
60
The lambdoidal suture starts to close by____ and is closed by age ___
21 , 30
How many bones do adults have?
Babies have 270 adults have 206
Is it possible to tell if someone had a certain disease from their bones?
Yes but not every disease affects the Skelton
What is cartilage?
Wraps the end of bones for protection and keeps them from scratching against each other
What is diaphysis?
Shaft of a bone
What is epiphysis?
Unattached end of bone that eventually becomes fused with the bone shaft
What is the growth plate
Area of cartilage between the shaft and cap of an immature bone
What are joints
Locations where the bone meets
What are ligaments
Bands of tissue connecting two or more bones
What is ossification
Process that replaces cartilage with bone by the deposition of minerals
List the five manners of death
Natural, accidental, homicidal, suicidal, undetermined
Which manner of death is the most common manner of death
Natural
What is the post Mortem interval
Time since death
Where in the body is the temperature of a corpse taken
Liver
Normal human body temperature is
98.6
During the first 12 hours of death, the body loses how many degrees per hour
1.4
After the first 12 hours of death, the body loses how many degrees per hour
0.7
What is dual livity
Occurs when the body is in 1 for two hours after death then moved
What is livor Mortis
Pooling of the blood in the body
What is rigor mortis
Stiffening of the skeleton
What is algor mortis
Cooling of the body
If there is still food in a persons stomach, they died___ after his/her last meal
0-2 hours
What is an example of an undetermined death
Can't determine if it is a suicide or drug overdose
The following description describes which stage of decomposition? "Odor of decaying flesh is present and the
Putrefaction
The following description describes which stage of decomposition? "Very strong odor. Parts of the flesh appears black. Gases escapes and the corpse collapses.
Black putrefaction
The following description describes which stage of decomposition? "Corpse is beginning to dry out. Most of the flesh is gone.
Butyric fem
If the eyes remain closed after death, potassium will enter the eyes and cause them to appear cloudy. This process takes how many hours after death
Within 24 hours
If the eyes remain open after death, potassium will enter the eyes and cause them to appear cloudy. This process takes how many hours after death
2-3 hours
What species of insects are often studied in forensics science to estimate PMI?
Blowfly
Eggs are normally laid in the body within ___ after death
The cuts or wounds(trauma), ears, nose and mouth
What is a forensics entomologist
Application of entomology, to civil and criminal legal causes
What does ADH stand for?
Accumulated degree hour
What is an autopsy
Medical examination to determine the cause of death
What are the two types of people can request an autopsy
Family and coroner/physicians
What is the rokitansky method
An autopsy that removes all organs at once
What does running the gut mean
To remove bowels and stomach
What is the first step of autopsy
external examination
What type of solution is the brain placed in before it can be examined?
Formaldehyde
LSD
Depressant, 1
Alcohol
Depressant and no schedule
Crystal meth
Stimulant, 2
Morphine
Narcotic, 2
MDMA/ Ecstasy
Hallucinogens/club drug, 1
Codeine
Narcotic, 2
Marijuana
Hallucinogens, 1
Heroin
Club drug, 1
Mescaline
Hallucinogens, 1
Cocaine/ crack cocaine
Stimulant, 2
Xanax
Depressant, 4
Valium
Depressant, 4
Suicide/exposures intended to harm or kill others
Deliberately
Drugs taken to treat an illness or relive pain
Intentionally
Ingested/exposed; unintentional overdose/combinations
Accidentally
What is a controlled substance
A drug or other chemical compact whose manufacturing, distributing,
What is a narcotic
An addictive, sleep inducing drug, often derived from opium. That acts as a central nervous system depressant and suppresses pain
What is a poison
A natural or manufactured substance that can cause severe illness or death if ingested, inhaled or absorbed through the skin
What is toxicity
The degree to which as substance is poisonous or can cause illness
What is toxicology
The study of drugs, poison, toxins, and other substances that harm a person when used for medical, recreational or criminal purpose
Toxicity depends on what factors
Dose, duration, nature of exposure, other factors.
What four ways can people be exposed to drugs or other toxics
Ingested, inhaled, injected and absorbed
How are substances place in schedules
Abuse and medical use
What is counterfeiting
The forging of of currency; also the the forging of other government-issued documents and production of fake name brand products for profit
What is an exemplar
A standard document of known origin and authorship used in handwriting analysis for comparison to documents of unknown authorship
What is the difference between forgery and fraudulence
Forgery is a method of fraud
Know the 12 characteristic traits of handwriting and know what they mean
Line quality, spacing, size consistency, continuously, connecting letters, letters completed, cursive and printed letters, pen pressure, slant, line habit, fancy and loops, curls, placement of t's and I's
Name four limitations(factors that affect handing writing) when it comes to document analysis
Instrument(writing utensils), mood, age, stress
What is the number one security feature when thinking about counterfeit currency
Color shifting ink
Fraudulence is
Deliberate deception to secure unfair or illegal finical gain