the initial incision into the trunk is made in a _____ shape
“Y” shape
rigor mortis develops in patients when there is an exhausted supply of
ATP
the stiffening of body parts and shortening of muscle tissue in the position at death is called
rigor mortis
in a hanging victim, livid spots would be found in all of the following areas of the body EXCEPT
the head
which of the following positions is typically filled by that of a physician
medical examiner
an electric saw is required to cut all of the folllowing EXCEPT
the abdomen
who has the final say in determining the cause of death
the pathologist or medical examiner
which of the following will speed up algor mortis
cold temperatures
what is an autopsy
a routine postmortem examination performed by a pathologist on a patient who has died
a through post-portem surgical examination of the body by a pathologist to determine the manner and cause of death is called a
autopsy
this is not a manner of death
brachial
the settling of blood in areas of the body closest to the ground is called
livor mortis
what is a diener
a mourge attendant that is responsible for moving and cleaning the body
the loss of heat by a body is called
algor mortis
bleeding to death from a gunshot wound is _______
cause of death
homicide, accidental and natural are all
manners of death
during algor mortis, the rate that heat leaves the body per hour is _____ F
1.4 degrees Fahrenheit
approx. how long after death does rigor mortis disappear
36 hours
manner of death (definition)
how a victim died-could be because of natural causes
cause of death (definition)
why a victim died-could be sucicide
livor mortis continues for up to _____ hours after death
8
the body farm
helps solve crimes by examining the decay of corpses
vitreous fluid is found in the
eye
place of death is NOT
determined by the medical examiner
the medical examiner measures the body temp. of a person from the
liver
odor mortis
is not something a medica examiner looks for when determining the time of death
cold temperatures
slows down rigor mortis
livor mortis
discoloration of the skin due to the settling of blood in the lower parts of the body