Death: Meaning, Mechanism, Cause, and Time

What is Rigor Mortis?

• When the body gets stiff after death
• Loss of temperature after death

What is Algor Mortis?

• When the body gets stiff after death
• Loss of temperature after death

How long does it take the stomach to empty its contents into the small intestine?

• 12-13 hours
• 6-10 hours
• 2-4 hours
• 4-6 hours

Death is instant.

• True
• False

Livor Mortis means;

• Dark coloring
• Reddened eyes
• Death color
• Death smell

Lividity can help determine all but which of these?

• Time of death
• Position of body during first 8 hours
• If the body has been moved
• Intoxication level

What happens to the surface of the eye after death?

• It dries out.
• It begins to bleed
• It becomes watery
• Batman comes to retrieve it

The speed of decomposition depends on;

• Gender, blood type, and IQ
• Time spent eating, color of hair, and taste buds
• Age, size of the body, and nature of death
• Age, size of hair follicles, and nature of death

How long from a person's death does it take for insects to lay eggs on the body?

• A few hours
• A few minutes
• Several days
• Several weeks

What are the insects attracted to in a dead body?

• Gender
• Taste
• Smell
• Age