Thanatology review

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Thanatology is:

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Study of death and ways to cope

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The cooling of body temperature after death is:

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algor mortis

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The means by which someone dies is known as the:

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Manner of death

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If someone is strangled they may die from lack of oxygen, what is this called?

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asphyxiation

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Rigor mortis means

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Death stiffness

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the specific body failure that leads to a person's death

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mechanism of death

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the study of insects as they pertain to crime scene investigation

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forensic entomology

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the process of rotting and break down

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decomposition

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What does "Mortis" mean?

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Death

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What does "rigor" mean?

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Stiffening