ANTH 2014 Chapter : Measuring And Trauma - Forensic Anthropology
Document Summary
Physiological length: both distal condyles against the osteometric board, measures the length that articulates with body. Formula for white male: femur - maximum length. 2. 32 (femur) + 65. 53 +/- 3. 94 cm. 2. 32 (50. 4) + 65. 53 +/- 3. 94 cm. 116. 928 + 65. 53 = 182. 458 or 182. 5 cm. Rounded - 72" or 6: range 5" 10. 5" to 6" 1. 5" (always give range of 1. 5" / 3. 94 cm) Antemortem: before death - may help to identify person, ex. Postmortem: after death, typically seen as animal gnawing marks or weathering (taphonomic processes, ex. Perimortem: at or around time of death, can help investigators evaluate violence against individual, force used on individual would have to be serious enough to leave evidence on the bone. Forensic pathologists and anthropologists: these persons cooperate to correlate skin and soft tissue injury with patterns of skeletal trauma. Major kinds of injury to bone: high velocity (ballistic) Anything using a gun, regardless of the velocity of the gun.
