Whatever Mr. Hicks
The Autopsy/Bad Medicine
Cause of Death/Manner of Death
Estimating Time of Death
Insects/What Remains
100
A Forensic Pathologist are sometimes called a medical examiner or coroner and will investigate the cause of death, the time of death and ???
the manner of death.
100
Mrs. Grundy, 81 years old was believed to be in good health until visited by her physician.
Dr. Shipman
100
WHAT will determine how someone ended up here?
Autopsy
100
After death, the body begins a "process" in which it adjusts to equal room temperature.
Algor mortis
100
Who you gonna call? The Ghostbusters?
Forensic Anthropologist
Examines and identifies skeletal remains
200
At what hour is rigor @ its peak, and the entire body is rigid?
12 hours
200
Mrs. Grundy's will stated all her finances would go to Dr. Shipman, but the signature was a forgery. Now the family must take the next step.
Exhume the body
200
What is the title of this definition?
_______________ - describes how a person died and is based on the circumstances surrounding the death.
Manner of death
200
WHAT begins about two hours after death and is gone after thirty-six hours.
Rigor mortis
200
Insects can be a valuable resource during a criminal investigation. Their developmental stages
play a crucial role in solving cases. This person's opinion matters.
A) Entomologist C) Optometrist
B) Archaeologist D) phlebotomist
A) Entomologist
300
True or False
Cold temperature, sitting still, obesity, and sleep will inhibit and/or slow rigor down.
All except sitting still :)
300
Forensic terminology:
YTSAOUP
AUTOPSY
300
Circumstances that lead to a fatal result fall into five categories: suicide, undetermined, accidental, and these two: idochemi arunlta
homicide / natural
300
After death, the body loses heat until it reaches ambient or room temperature.
A) 2 - 2.5 degrees/hr C) 1 - 1.5 degrees/hr
B) 2 - 3.5 degrees/hr D) 2.5 degrees/hr
C) 1 - 1.5 degrees/hr
300
True or False
Necrophilous insects feed on dead tissue and generally arrive about 72 hours after death and begin to lay their eggs.
False - They generally arrive within 24 hours to conduct their business.
400
He/she has specialized knowledge, education, and skill in a particular field and can assist in legal proceedings.
"expert witness"
400
An autopsy will indicate the (four manners) of death.
What are the four manners?
Accidental, Homicide, Natural, Suicide, and Undetermined.
400
Dr. Death possibly murdered 236 of his patients over two decades, shocking the medical field community. Subsequently, his demise falls under this category.
Suicide
400
Upon death, blood begins to settle in the parts of the body closest to the ground. This "condition" will be useful in determining whether the victim's position was changed after death.
Liver Mortis
400
The blowfly will enter the body...
A) under the fingernails C) arm-pit
B) gunshot wound D) eye E) B & D
F) A only
E) B & D - moist orifices
500
What will be the title of your Chapter 4 Test?
Death & Entomology
500
True or False
Blood analysis will usually determine how the person died.
False - it determines the presence and levels of alcohol and drugs
500
Years of chronic drug abuse can be fatal and shatter families. For this, there is only one category.
Natural causes
500
Police were called to a wooded area last May. A 32-year-old male was discovered. The body temperature was determined to be 95.5*F. What was the most probable (PMI)?
A) 5 hrs B) 3 hrs C) 2 hrs D) 0 - 1 hr
C) 2 hrs
500
A ) larval, eggs, adult fly, pupa
Please put this life cycle in its proper order.
B) A pig has several stages of decomposition.
The first is called the "fresh stage," what is the next stage?
A) eggs, larval, pupa, adult fly
B) bloating stage