Post Mortem Changes

The cooling of the body after death.

• Algor Mortis

• Death

• Livor Mortis

The pooling of the blood in tissue after death resulting in a reddish color to the skin.

• Manner of death

• Livor Mortis

• Algor Mortis

The stiffening of the skeletal muscles after death.

• Rigor Mortis

• Livor Mortis

• Algor Mortis

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

• algor mortis

• livor mortis

• post mortem interval

• rigor mortis

rigor mortis peaks how many hours after death?

• 36

• 18

• 8

• 12

What muscles are the first to contract and stiffen during rigor mortis?

• legs

• abdominals

• arms 

• eyes and fingers

Rigor Mortis can be defined as 

• the changes in color skin undergoes after death

• the change in body temperature after death

• the pooling of blood in the body after death

• the contraction of muscles and stiffening of the body after death

Which of these factors does not influence algor mortis?

• age of deceased 

• the environment

• whether the individual was wearing clothing or not 

• time since the individual died

Algor mortis is defined as

• whether the individual is wearing clothes or not when they die

• the amount of decomposition that has occurred 

• the change in the body temperature of an individual after death

• the change in the appearance of the skin after death

If the individual was upright when they died, where would the lividity be found?

• the back 

• fingers and toes