Rigor mortis
It takes this long for the face and head to stiffen
What is 2-3 hours
This is the definition of algor mortis
What is the cooling of death?
Stomach contents can only be used when this procedure is first performed.
What is an autopsy?
This is the definition of death
In these hours the legs are getting stiff
What is 9-12 hours?
These three factors speed up the rate of rigor mortis to 3 degrees lost per hour
What is submerged in water, extreme cold and thin or trapped in heavy wind?
The body show no bruising has been dead for this long
What is 0-2 hours?
When the food is found in the stomach the body has been dead for this amount of time.
What is 0-2 hours?
This is the definition of "cause of death"
What is the reason someone dies?
What does it mean if the head and face are not stiff, but the rest of the body is stiff?
What is the process of relaxation is taking place?
These factors slow down the rate of algor mortis to 1 degree lost per hour
What is extreme heat, wrapped in sheets or obesity?
The body shows bruising that turns white when touched has been dead for this long.
What is 2-8 hours?
When the food is found in the small intestine, the body has been dead for this long.
What is 4-6 hours?
natural, accidental, suicidal, homicidal, are all examples of...
this is the definition of rigor mortis
What is the stiffness of death?
This is when the rate of algor mortis switches from 1.5 degrees per hour to 1 degree per hour
What is after the 12th hour?
The body shows brusing that is fixed has been dead for this long?
When the food is found in the large intestine, the body has been dead for this long.
What is 12 hours or more?
How long does it takes bugs to invade the body after death outdoors?
What is a few minutes?
It takes this long for the head and face to unstiffen
What is 32-33 hours
The body is found in a pool and is 81 degrees. This is how long they are estimated to be dead
What is approx. 6 hours?
This is the definition of lividity
What is bruising?
This is the major difference between stomach contents and the other three ways to establish TOD
What is you count forward from the last time the meal was ate, and not backwards from when the body was found?
Out of livor mortis, algor mortis, and rigor mortis, this one is the most accurate in establishing a time of death.
What is algor mortis?