HOSA Forensic Science Flashcard #2

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Where are blowfly eggs usually found on a dead body?

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Close to a wound or natural orifice.

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What insects are first to arrive at the scene of a corpse?

Back

Blowflies.

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What insects are used to estimate PMI?

Back

Blowflies.

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What organ is undigested DNA evidence found at in fly larvae?

Back

Crop.

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What chemicals are released from decomposed tissue to alert blowflies to a possible location to lay their eggs?

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Putrescine and cadaverine.

Front

What stage of decay is the peak of insect activity?

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Active decay.

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What are the 3 body sections of an insect?

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Head, thorax, abdomen.

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What flies are small enough to get to concealed or wrapped bodies?

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Coffin flies.

Front

What is Smallpox?

Back

An eradicated virus that used to be contagious, disfiguring, and often deadly.

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Who was Dorothea Dix?

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An American activist on behalf of the indigent mentally ill who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures, created the first generation of American mental asylums.