Death and Decomposition

the stage in an insect's life cycle when the larva forms a capsule around itself and transitions into its adult form

• instar
• pupa/pupae
• larva/larvae
• death

one of four 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 specific body failure that leads to a person's death

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

"death color"

• autolysis
• algor mortis
• rigor mortis
• livor mortis

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