The Cadaver -- Body Condition

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

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 _________. livor mortis algor mortis rigor 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 ________. beninspasm invospasm cadaveric spasm blepharospasm

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 all of these adipocere saponification

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 buried underground A body left in cold water A body left in warm water A body left above ground in open air

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

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