Forensics Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What does Postmortem Interval mean? | Time of death |
What are the two phases of signs of death | Early and Late |
What is Algor Mortis | cooling of the body |
What is Livor Mortis | discoloration of the body |
What is Rigor Mortis | Stiffening of the body |
Algor Mortis | The body ususally maintains it's original temperature for approximately one degree per hour |
Livor Mortis | occures when the heart stops beating and blood stops circulating and stagnates |
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 |
Contusion | A black and blue injury |
Rigor Mortis | progressiv stiffening fo the muscles in the body caused by chemical change |
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 |
Cadaveric Spasm | muscles contract forcibly at the moment of death |
Autolysis | muscles relaxing |
Marbling | Greenish discoloration to skin and veins are visible |
Mummification | A black leathery appearance |
Adipocere | Fat changing into a waxy material resembling soap |
Wet Floaters | Bodies found in water |
Dry floaters | Bodies found on land |
Macerated | Decomposition in a fetus that has died before birth in the sterile environment of its mother's uterus |
Forensic Entomologist | Insect specialist |
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