Death and Decomposition
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- Q1The study of insects at the crime scene investigation is known as forensicEntomologyOdontologyPathologySerology30s
- Q2The study of the human skeletal system for purposes of identifying unknown remains isPathologyAnthropologyEntomologyOdontology30s
- Q3The stage in an insects life cycle when an insect forms a capsule around itself while it turns into an adultEggLarvaePupaInstar30s
- Q4If someone has a heart attack, they may experience this from their heart stoppingPulmonary embolismCoronary tensionPulmonary arrestIschaemia30s
- Q5If someone is strangled they may die fromHyperoxiaHypothermiaExsanguinationAsphyxiation30s
- Q6If someone is shot, they may die from blood loss. What is this called?ExsanguinationHematomaSepsisHyperoxia30s
- Q7The pooling of blood, causing purple discoloration begins how many hours after death8 hours36 hours2 hours18 hours30s
- Q8Discoloration of skin from pooling of blood becomes permanent after how many hours?2 hours36 hours18 hours8 hours30s
- Q9Livor mortis meansDeath colorDeath bloatDeath stiffnessDeath heat30s
- Q10Rigor mortis meansDeath stiffnessDeath bloatDeath colorDeath heat30s
- Q11If a body shows no visible rigor or stiffness, the victim has probably been deadLess than 2 hours or more than forty-eightLess than ten hours or more than 72 hoursMore than two hours or less than forty- eightLess than 2 hours or more than forty-eight30s
- Q12Factors affecting rigor includeTemperatureAgeAllBody weight30s
- Q13To take a corpse’s temperature, forensic investigators insert a thermometer into theMouthHeartLiverArmpit30s
- Q14Medical examiners help determine the time of death by studying the stomach contents. In general it takes6to 8 hours for the stomach to empty into the small intestine and 12 for food to leave the sm intestineNone4to 6 hours for the stomach to empty it’s contents into the small intestine and 18 hours to leave the sm intestine4to 6 hours for the stomach to empty into the sm intestine and 12 hours for food to leave the small intestine30s
- Q15Within minutes of death, insects arrive to the warm body andBegin to feedLay eggs on itColonize their new homeNone30s