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Age height, and Gender of skeletons
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Miscellaneous
100
the place where bodies are placed in various conditions and allowed to decompose to determine time of death.
What is "the body farm"?
100

Name two bones that can help determine height of person

humerus, femur

100
The body cools at this rate per hour.
What is 1 to 1 1/2 degrees F per hour?
100

Give an example of cause of death 

murder 

accidental

suicide 

etc 

200

the study of insects is called what?

What is entemology?

200

By what age are human bones typically done growing

18-25

200
This is the name for the rate of cooling of a body after death.
What is algor mortis?
200

You find a skull with a very large mastoid process, a prominent brow ridge, and square jaw. What does this tell you?

male

300
The person who specializes in skeletal remains and provides identification information on badly decomposed remains.
What is an anthropologist?
300

A skull was found and the epiphyseal lines are incredibly visible and barely fused. About how old is this person 

Infant 

300
This is the name to describe the settling of blood in the body after death.
What is livor mortis?
300

This equipment sends out radio waves that bounce back to show an image of bones or a body.

What is ground penetrating radar?

400

This location is where they use pigs to study rate of decay and especially BUGS

FERC Forensic Entomological Research Facility 

400

These 2 are used to determine the gender of a body.

What is skull features, the pubic angle of the pelvis, and the relative size of the bones?

400

This sets in the first few hours after death and is characterized by the stiffening of the body

Rigor Mortis 

400
These are 3 effects that influence algor mortis.
What is air movement, size of individual, temperature of the surrounding environment, type of clothing, wetness of clothing, and layers of clothing?
500

Career of the person who determines the time of death.

What is a pathologist?

500

Age of skeletal remains can be determined by examining these 4.

What is the growth plates or epiphysis, teeth, pubic symphysis and cranial sutures?

500
Use the glasier equation to determine the time since death for a body with an internal temperature of 90.4'F.
What is 5.3 hours? 98.4 - 90.4/ 1.5 = 5.3hrs.
500
Police find a 35cm humerus bone. Use the following equation to determine the height of the individual in feet and inches. Height = (humerus X 2.9) + 70.6
What is 5'7.8" or 5'8"?