Human Skull
The type of joint between bone plates on the skull
What are sutures?
First stage of decomposition when blowflies appear
What is Fresh Decomposition?
Term for body stiffness after death
What is rigor mortis
Amount of time it takes for blowflies to find a dead body
What is minutes after death?
Definition of a long bone
What is a bone that is longer than it is wide?
The scientific name of the jaw bone
What is the mandible?
Bacteria produces gases that cause the body to swell while maggots feed
What is Bloating?
Term for death color of body
What is livor mortis?
Amount of time for blowflies to lay eggs
What is 8 hours?
Protein prevalent in bones
What is collagen?
Material that your nose is made of
What is cartilage
Body deflates as gases escape, insects present
What is Active Decay?
Term for heat loss of body after death
What is algor mortis?
Blowfly eggs hatch into this...
What is Maggot or Instar?
Common name for cartilage on baby heads
What are soft spots?
Name of the forehead bone
What is the frontal bone?
Most soft tissue gone, insect activity declines
What is advanced decay?
Peak time for rigor mortis
What is 12 hours?
Name of the hard shell that maggots create around themselves to start the process of metamorphosis
What is a pupa?
Age at which your bone starts breaking down faster than it is building up
What is 30 years old?
Round eye orbitals indicate this
What is female skull?
Only dry skin, cartilage, and bones remain
What is dry/skeletal remains?
Time when livor mortis becomes permanent
What is 8 hours after death?
What is a coffin fly?
What is an osteoblast or osteoclast?