The Cadaver -- Body Condition

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1. A corpse, displaying antemortem insect bites, indicates that the victim was ________. bitten after death not bitten by insects bitten while alive bitten by ants

2. Algor mortis refers to the ________ following death. decrease of coloring decrease of body temperature decrease of rigidity decrease of lividity

3. The bluish discoloration of the cadaver's dependent parts due to blood settling is referred to as _________. rigor mortis livor mortis algor mortis tache noire

4. The Glaister equation is a formula used to determine time of death based on ________. body decomposition body position body temperature body coloring

5. Instantaneous rigor mortis is referred to as ________. invospasm cadaveric spasm blepharospasm beninspasm

6. Decomposition involves two major components. The process, which involves the enzymatic destruction of a cell, is referred to as ________. putrefaction autolysis putrification autochthonous

7. The hydrogenation of body fats forming a water-insoluble material refers to ________. mortuary wax saponification adipocere all of these

8. The environment, in part, affects the rate at which the body decomposes. Of the following choices, which body should decompose at the slowest rate? A body left in warm water A body buried underground A body left in cold water A body left above ground in open air

9. Which environment is suited to the mummification process? Glacial ice All of these Peat bog Desert sand

10. Assuming that the investigation begins post-cremation, once a body has been cremated, it is impossible to determine poisoning or drug toxicity as a cause of death. True False