Necronomicon
______ is when the body becomes discolored by forming a blue-purple color after death due to the pull of gravity and the lack of pressure to push blood through the vascular system.
What is Livor Mortis?
The body of a “Lady of the Night” was found in the woods. She was lying face down in the dirt, with the bottom-half of her body a blueish-purple color. When the medical examiner grabbed her arm, it remained a blueish-purple color. Based upon this information, what can you conclude?
Fixation occurred so the woman died more than 8 hours ago
Under “normal” conditions, Rigor Mortis is usually first evident how long after death? Which part of the body is Rigor Mortis first visible in?
2 hours, muscles of the face
What can accelerate Rigor Mortis?
What does a Forensic Entomologist study to estimate the time of death?
What are insects?
_____ is when the body becomes stiff after death.
What is Rigor Mortis?
What does Livor Mortis help determine?
Time of death and if the corpse had been moved
What happens when Rigor Mortis reaches its “peak”? Under normal conditions, how long after death does this “peak” occur?
Whole body is stiff, 12 hours.
How would Algor Mortis be affected if the corpse was an obese individual that was fully clothed, whose corpse was lying in the sunlight?
What are the first organisms to colonize a corpse?
_____ is when the body temperature cools after death.
What is Algor Mortis?
How can you tell the difference between a bruise and Livor Mortis?
A bruise will not blanch
Under “normal” conditions, how much time does it take for the body to become flexible again after undergoing Rigor Mortis?
36 hours
______ is the process of bacteria spreading through the human body and thus creating the onset of decomposition.
What is Putrefaction?
After death, cells _______.
Under normal conditions, when does Lividity typically become evident after death?
About 2 Hours
Purple and black spots that form on the skin due to the pressure of settling blood causing small capillaries to rupture are known as _____.
Tardieu Spots
_______ begins as lysosomes break down and release their digestive enzymes into the cell, which in turn causes the breakdown of the cell itself.
What is Autolysis?
Putrefaction spreads the quickest through which part of the human anatomy?
What are the intestines?
During Active Decay, why does the body lose so much mass?
Insects feeding of the corpse.
_____ is when the blue-purple color disappears from skin when pressed, causing a white color to appear where pressure is applied.
What is Blanching?
____ is a dark, reddish-brown strip that forms horizontally across the eye ball in individuals whose eyelids are not closed post mortem.
Tache Noire
During the breakdown of cells, ______ ions are released from decaying cells, which bind to muscle cells. The muscle cells then use _____ to contract, causing Rigor Mortis to occur.
Calcium, ATP
_____ is the postmortem formation of human fat into a wax-like material. This occurs during a process known as Saponification.
What is Adipocere?
What is the name of the survival-horror video game franchise that focuses on a zombie outbreak caused by the Umbrella Corporation?
What is Resident Evil?