Chapter 14. Sharp and Miscellaneous Trauma.TRUE/FALSE. Write "T" if the statement is true and "F" if it is false
1. Sharp trauma is the result of dynamic compression forces applied to a narrow section of bone.
Answer: True p. 285
2. Facture lines do not occur with sharp force trauma.
Answer: False p. 286
3. Punctures are created by a sharp instrument drawn across a bone’s surface.
Answer: False p. 287
4. Incisions are created by a sharp instrument drawn across a bone’s surface.
Answer: True p. 287
5. Clefts are created by a sharp instrument impacting a bone’s surface at a, or near, 90º angle.
Answer: True p. 289
6. Clefts caused by a meat cleaver, machete and ax are indistinguishable from each other.
Answer: False p. 290
7. Research has shown that the general type of weapon causing sharp force wounds can be determined by viewing their characteristics using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
Answer: True p. 291
8. When analyzing sharp force trauma, forensic anthropologists should explore many of the same aspects of wound analysis as in projectile and blunt force trauma.
Answer: True p. 292 - 295
9. The direction of force is easy to determine in the analysis of sharp force trauma.
Answer: False p. 293
10. Determination of the number of sharp force traumatic events is complicated by the fact that some events do not cause bone injuries.
Answer: True p. 294
11. If there is extensive fracturing with multiple traumatic events, the methods described in earlier chapters can be used to determine their sequence.
Answer: True p. 295
12. Strangulation can occur in hanging, by a ligature around the neck, and by hand compression of the throat.
Answer: True p. 296
13. In cases of strangulation, the hyoid is easily fractured in young persons.
Answer: False p. 297
14. Ligature is the most common form of strangulation that causes fracture of the hyoid bone.
Answer: False p. 297
15. Determining the cause and manner of death in strangulation is as difficult as it is for projectile and blunt force trauma.
Answer: True p. 298
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
16. Which of the following wounds resulting from sharp force trauma are most likely caused by stabbing?
A Puncture
B Incision
C Cleft
D All of the above
Answer: A p. 285 - 287
17. Which of the following wounds resulting from sharp force trauma are most likely caused by a slashing action?
A Puncture
B Incision
C Cleft
D All of the above
Answer: B p. 285 - 287
18. Which of the following wounds resulting from sharp force trauma are most likely caused by a chopping instrument?
A Puncture
B Incision
C Cleft
D All of the above
Answer: C p. 285 – 291
19. Which of the following is a characteristic of a puncture wound?
A Cone-shaped injury penetrating bone
B V-shaped lines
C V-shaped notches
D All of the above
Answer: A p. 287
20. Which of the following is a characteristic of an incision?
A Cone-shaped injury penetrating bone
B V-shaped lines
C V-shaped notches
D All of the above
Answer: B p. 287
21. Which of the following is a characteristic of a cleft?
A Cone-shaped injury penetrating bone
B V-shaped lines
C V-shaped notches
D All of the above
Answer: C p. 289
22. Which of the following instruments can be identified by a well-trained forensic anthropologist by viewing the characteristics of a cleft?
A Meat cleaver
B Machete
C Ax
D All of the above
Answer: D p. 290
23. Which of the following characteristics of clefts should forensic anthropologists explore?
A Width of entry site
B Depth of penetration
C Striations
D All of the above
Answer: D p. 291
24. Which of the following aspects of wound analysis involve noting the type of injury(s), their location on bone, and their size?
A Description of wound(s)
B Instrument characteristics
C Direction of force
D Number of events
Answer: A p. 292 – 294
25. Which of the following aspects of wound analysis involve recreating the traumatic event(s)?
A Description of wound(s)
B Instrument characteristics
C Direction of force
D Number of events
Answer: D p. 292 – 294
26. Which of the following aspects of wound analysis involve analysis of fracture lines?
A Instrument characteristics
B Direction of force
C Number of events
D Sequence of events
Answer: D p. 292 – 295
27. Which of the following methods of strangulation is most likely associated with homicide?
A Hanging
B Ligature
C Manual strangulation
D All of the above
Answer: C p. 296
28. Which of the following methods of strangulation is most likely to result in fracture of the hyoid bone?
A Hanging
B Ligature
C Manual strangulation
D All of the above
Answer: C p. 297
29. Which of the following methods of strangulation can result in fracture of the greater horns of the hyoid bone?
A Hanging
B Ligature
C Manual strangulation
D All of the above
Answer: D p. 297
30. Which of the following miscellaneous methods of death may be able to be identified from bone?
A Drowning
B Slow poisoning
C Infection
D All of the above
Answer: B p. 298
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