GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

HUMAN BODY AND REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Method used by anthropologists to determine gender of unidentified human skeleton is known as
A
Canine method
B
Phenice method
C
Eminence method
D
Supraorbital method
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Phenice method is a form of gross morphological analysis used to determine the sex of an unidentified human skeleton based on three characteristics of the pelvis: the ventral arc, sub-pubic concavity, and the medial aspect of the ischiopubic ramus .

Detailed explanation-2: -All of us have the same basic skeletal structures (206 bones in the adult skeleton) that identify us as human. But, between the young and old, male and female, and among ancestral groups, there are recognizable skeletal variations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Each temporal bone at birth consists of two parts: the petromastoid and the squama (to which the tympanic ring has united shortly before birth). Around the first year the petromastoid and squama fuse into a single unit.

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