Rigor Mortis Quiz

A body was discovered in the weight room of a gym. A man had been doing “biceps curls” with heavy weights. The only place rigor was present was in his arms.

• around 12 hours

• between 9 and 12 hours

• around 2 hours

• more than 12 hours

death color means pooling of blood in tissues after death is defined as

• livor mortis

• algor mortis

• rigor mortis

• none of them

It means roughly death stiffness.

• livor mortis

• algor mortis

• rigor mortis

• none of them

cooling of the body following death

• livor mortis

• rigor mortis

• algor mortis

• all of them

A body was found with no evidence of rigor.

• less than 2 hours or more than 36 hours

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• between 12 and 24 hours

A body was found with no evidence of rigor.

• less than 2 hours

• 12 hours

• more than 2 hours

• 24 hours

A body was found exhibiting rigor in the chest, arms, face, and neck.

• less than 2 hours

• between 4 and 9 hours

• more than 12 hours

• more than 36 hours

A body was discovered with rigor present in the legs, but no rigor in the upper torso.

• 4 hours

• 9 hours

• 12 to 30 hours

• not possible to determine

A frail elderly woman's body was found in her apartment on a hot summer evening . Her body exhibited advanced rigor in all places except her face and neck.

• 15 hours

• 4 hours

• 24 hours

• 9-12 hours

A body was discovered in the woods. The man had been missing for two days. The average temperature the previous 48 hours was 10 degrees Celsius . When the body was discovered, it was at peak rigor.

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 9 hours

• more than 36 hours