Death and Autopsy

the stiffening of skeletal muscles after death.

• rigor mortis

• livor mortis

• homeostasis

• none of the above

A specialized surgical procedure that is used to determine the cause and manner of death.

• forensics

• forensic anthropologist

• crime scene

• approach the scene

• autopsy

A body is found with blistering skin that is slipping off of the muscle underneath. There is a strong odor and maggots are seen covering the body. Which stage of decomposition is this body in?

• bloating (putrefaction)

• advanced decay

• active decay (black putrefaction)

• fresh (initial)

the stiffening of the skeletal muscles shortly after death

• livor mortis

• autolysis

• rigor mortis

• algor mortis

the process of rotting and break down

• rigor mortis

• decomposition

• livor mortis

• putrefaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the spontaneous breakdown of cells as they self-digest

• rigor mortis

• algor mortis

• pupa/pupae

• autolysis

post-mortem examination

• adipocere

• autolysis

• autopsy

• entomology

is the time that has elapsed since a person has died.

• algor mortis

• livor mortis

• post mortem interval

• rigor mortis

Match description with the correct stage of decomposition:
livor, rigor, and algor mortis occur during this stage

• fresh

• bloat

• active decay

• advanced decay

rigor mortis peaks how many hours after death?

• 36

• 18

• 8

• 12