Forensic Pathology

What do you call someone who studies insects and decomposition?

• forensic entomologist

• forensic serologist

• forensic anthropologist

• forensic toxicologist

Which of the following best describes rigor mortis?

• It is the pooling of blood after deaath

• It is the stiffening of muscles after death

• It is the cooling of the body after death

Which muscles experience rigor FIRST?

• Small
• Large
• All muscles start rigor at the same time

Which of the following would SPEED UP rigor mortis?

• death by poisen

• death by electrocution

• a car accident

• cancer

 Rate of cooling helps in determining 

• Manner of death
• Time of death
• Place of death
• Cause of death

Algor mortis means roughly: 

• death heat and describes the temperature gain in a corpse.
• death heat and describes the temperature loss in a corpse.
• death chill and describes the temperature loss in a corpse.
• None of these choices.

The specific change in the body that brought about the body's inner workings to stop is called the: (the medical reason for death)

• manner of death

• cause of death

• mechanism of death

• type of death

What is the MOST common manner of death?

• homicide
• accidental
• undetermined
• natural

In a homicide where the criminal sliced the victim's throat, the mechanism of death is most likely

• exanguination
• pulmonary arrest
• cerebral hypoxia
• spesis

What is livor mortis essentially?

• death color
• death stiffness
• death temperature