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fs2 death
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| describe responsibilities of coroner/medical examiner | coroner: determines if someone is dead medical examiner: does autopsies |
| difference between coroner and medical examiner | coroner: does not require doctors degree medical examiner: requires doctors degree |
| what is PMI | post mortem interval: time between death and discovery of body |
| list 5 official manners of death | murder, suicide, accidental, natural, undetermined |
| define cause of death (examples) | condition or injury leading to someones death (heart attack, gunshot) |
| define mechanism of death (examples) | changes in body (lack of oxygen) |
| define algor mortis | body temp decreases |
| temp of human body | 98.6 |
| ambient temp | temp of surroundings |
| 7 factors that affect heat loss in human body | position, clothing, weight, wind, retention of fluids, submerged bodies, ambient temp |
| define livor mortis | pooling of the blood in the body |
| explain lividity and how it forms in a dead body | happens because a person blood stops pumping |
| time frame of livor mortis | first observable 2 hours after death, 2-6 hours if pressed goes away, permanent 8 hours after death |
| dual lividity | lividity in 2 different places |
| how is dual lividity useful to forensic scientists | shows that body has been moved |
| rigor mortis | stiffness in body after death |
| when does rigor mortis begin | 2 hours after death |
| when is rigor at its peak | 12 hours |
| when will most rigor be gone from a body | 36-42 hours |
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tstallard63
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