Pathology #1

The five means by which someone dies

• death
• manner of death
• cause of death
• mechanism of death

the stiffening of the skeletal muscles shortly after death

• livor mortis
• autolysis
• rigor mortis
• algor mortis

the cooling of body temperature after death

• rigor mortis
• algor mortis
• livor mortis
• autolysis

the decomposition of organic matter by microorganisms, resulting in production of foul-smelling matter

• decomposition
• death
• autolysis
• putrefaction

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

• mechanism of death
• decomposition
• manner of death
• cause of death

the study of insects as they pertain to crime scene investigation

• putrefaction
• forensic pathology
• forensic entomology
• forensic anthropology

the process of rotting and break down

• rigor mortis
• decomposition
• livor mortis
• putrefaction

the spontaneous breakdown of cells as they self-digest

• rigor mortis
• algor mortis
• pupa/pupae
• autolysis

the cessation, or end, of life

• instar
• pupa/pupae
• death
• putrefaction

the immediate reason for a person's death

• death
• mechanism of death
• cause of death 
• manner of death