Mindtap Test Chapter 12 Death

In the 17th century, before the stethoscope was invented, anyone in a coma or with a weak heartbeat was presumed dead, and buried. True or False

True

Experts cannot agree on a single definition for death. True or False

True

There are three ways a person can die, referred to in official terms as the manner of death: natural death, accidental death, and homicidal death. True or False

False

Natural death is caused by interruption and failure of body functions due to age or disease.  This is the least common manner of death. true or false

False

A homicide is the death of one person caused by a minimum of two or more persons. True or False

False

man with a heart condition is attacked and dies from a heart attack during the attack.  In this case, the manner of death is:

Homocide

An elderly woman dies after being kept from receiving proper health care by her children.   The manner of her death would be:

Homocide

The reason someone dies is called the:

cause of death

The underlying cause of death is called the:

proximate cause of death

The specific change in the body that brought about the cessation of life is called the:

mechanism of death

Liver mortis means roughly, the:

color of death

Pooling of blood in the body, known as lividity, provides a clue as to how long the person has been dead.  Lividity first begins about:    

two hours after death

Dual lividity could occur if the body was kept in one position:

two hours after death, and then moved to a second position before the lividity became permanent

Death stiffness is roughly defined as

Rigor Mortis

Rigor mortis is:

Temporary

If a body shows no visible rigor, it has probably been dead:

less than two hours or more than forty-eight hours.

Factors affecting rigor include:

All of these choices

Algor mortis means roughly:

death heat and describes the temperature loss in a corpse.

To take a corpse’s temperature, forensic investigators insert a thermometer into the:

Into the liver or rectum

Medical examiners help determine the time of death by studying the stomach contents.  In general, it takes

four to six hours for the stomach to empty its contents into the small intestine and another twelve hours for the food to leave the small intestine

The surface of the _____ dries out

eye

The speed of the _______ or the rotting of the tissues and organs in the body depends on the age, size of the body, and the nature of death.

Decomposition

smell

potassium

builds up in eyes

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