Forensic medicine
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| What does Postmortem Interval mean? | Time of death
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| What are the two phases of signs of death | Early and Late
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| What is Algor Mortis | cooling of the body
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| What is Livor Mortis | discoloration of the body
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| What is Rigor Mortis | Stiffening of the body
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| Algor Mortis | The body ususally maintains it's original temperature for approximately one degree per hour
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| Livor Mortis | occures when the heart stops beating and blood stops circulating and stagnates
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| What is Postmortem Lividity | when the blood cell settle by gravity into the dependent areas of the body (areas closest to the pull of gravitiy) Visible
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| Contusion | A black and blue injury
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| Rigor Mortis | progressiv stiffening fo the muscles in the body caused by chemical change
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| When does Rigor Mortis begin and disappear | Rigor Mortis starts appproximately 20 minutes after death and spreads over the next 6 to 12 hours. Rigor Mortis starts to disappear over the next 12 to 24
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| Cadaveric Spasm | muscles contract forcibly at the moment of death
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| Autolysis | muscles relaxing
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| Marbling | Greenish discoloration to skin and veins are visible
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| Mummification | A black leathery appearance
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| Adipocere | Fat changing into a waxy material resembling soap
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| Wet Floaters | Bodies found in water
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| Dry floaters | Bodies found on land
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| Macerated | Decomposition in a fetus that has died before birth in the sterile environment of its mother's uterus
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| Forensic Entomologist | Insect specialist
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