The study of insects at the crime scene investigation is known as forensic

The study of the human skeletal system for purposes of identifying unknown remains is

The stage in an insects life cycle when an insect forms a capsule around itself while it turns into an adult

If someone has a heart attack, they may experience this from their heart stopping

If someone is strangled they may die from

If someone is shot, they may die from blood loss. What is this called?

The pooling of blood, causing purple discoloration begins how many hours after death

Discoloration of skin from pooling of blood becomes permanent after how many hours?

Livor mortis means

Rigor mortis means

If a body shows no visible rigor or stiffness, the victim has probably been dead

Factors affecting rigor include

To take a corpse’s temperature, forensic investigators insert a thermometer into the

Medical examiners help determine the time of death by studying the stomach contents. In general it takes

Within minutes of death, insects arrive to the warm body and

What causes rigor mortis?

What causes algor mortis?

Rigor mortis peaks how many hours after death?

The first insect to usually arrive at a corpse is

The body farm is a research facility located at the University of

If the moisture level is just right during advanced decay, a layer of wax may form know as

The stiffening of skeletal muscles shortly after death

The cessation or end of life

The cooling of body temperature after death

The discoloration of a dead body due to leaking hemoglobin

The underlying reason someone dies. Ex: radiation caused the cancer

If the front of the body is discolored then it indicates the body was lying

Intentionally killing oneself

Intentional death caused by another individual; murder

Temperatures that speed up rigor mortis

If the back of the body is discolored then the body was lying

A naked victim cools _____ which slows rigor mortis

Time between death and discovery

Manner of death as a result of an unplanned event

A rubber or plastic brick that caused a corpse’s chest to protrude forward and the neck to fall back making the chest easier to cut in an autopsy

A yellow, then blackish band of discoloration on the eye as they dry out.

Most common cut in an autopsy

Deaths that do not require an autopsy

Death that require an autopsy

What is the correct sequence of decomposition?

Find the algor mortis. A body was discovered at 1:00 pm and had a temperature in the liver of 30 degrees celsius. Normal body temperature is 37 degrees Celsius.

The body cools at a rate of about ____ degrees per hour immediately after death and then slows to ____ degrees after about 12 hours until it reaches the same temperature as the environment.

As you drive along the roadside, you and your friend notice a dead deer that apparently was struck by a car. Your friend comments that she has never seen such a fat deer. What stage of decomposition is the deer.

Name the stage of decay. The body is undergoing autolysis causing rigor mortis and liver mortis. There is some blistering on the skin surface

Name the stage of decomposition. The skin is turning green. There is a strong odor. Gasses are producing and enlarged state and the body may be beginning to break open. Microorganisms are active.

Stage of decomposition: The end of this stage is marked by the dispersal of the maggots from the body

The body begins to dry. Insect activity and odor decrease and the body may develop a way coating.

Final stage where nothing remains but the bones