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Manners of Death
Mechanisms
Algor Mortis
Time Terms
ADH
100
This is the manner of death for a person who died of an intentionally self-inflicted gunshot wound.
What is suicide?
100
This is the mechanism of death for a person who was shot in the head.
What is destruction of brain stem or cessation of brain function?
100

This is the time of death for a body found under average conditions with a body temp of 34 C.

What is 3 hours 48 min?

100
The term for something that occurs after death.
What is postmortem?
100
[See your notes for reference values.] This is the amount of ADH it takes a 1st instar to become a 2nd instar.
What is 1890 ADH?
200
This is the manner of death for a person who died of cancer caused by exposure to a chemical agent while serving in the military.
What is natural?
200
This is the mechanism of death for a person who drowned. (Need the actual medical term!)
What is asphyxiation?
200

This is the time of death under normal conditions for a body with a temperature of 31 C.

What is 7 hours 41 min?

200
The term for something that occurs before the time of death.
What is antemortem?
200
[See your notes for reference values.] This is how many ADH it takes for a blowfly to go from an egg to a 3rd instar?
What is 5040 ADH?
300
This is the manner of death for a person who has a heart attack while being robbed.
What is homicide?
300
This is the mechanism of death for a person with sepsis.
What is infection leading to cell death?
300

This is the time since death of a body found with a temperature of 26 C under normal weather conditions.

What is 16 hours 12 min?

300
The term for something that occurs at the time of death.
What is perimortem?
300
[See notes for reference values.] This is how many degree hours it takes a blowfly to go from an egg to a 3rd instar at 80 degrees F?
What is 5040 ADH?
400
This is the manner of death for a person who died as the result of crashing his car after hitting a patch of ice on the road.
What is accidental?
400
This is the mechanism of death in a person who is shot in the stomach. (Need the actual medical term!)
What is exsanguination?
400

This is the approximate time since death of a body found totally submerged in a cool-water lake with a body temperature of 27 C.

What is less than 12 hours 38 min?

400
This is the term meaning time since death.
What is postmortem interval?
400
[See notes for reference values.] This is how many hours it takes a blowfly to go from an egg to a 3rd instar at 80 degrees F.
What is 63 hours?
500
This is the manner of death for a person who died in a skydiving accident where there is no evidence that they tried to pull their parachute ripcord.
What is unknown?
500
This is the mechanism of death in a heroin overdose.
What is severe respiratory depression leading to respiratory and cardiac arrest and finally brain death?
500

This is the approximate time since death of a body found in a hot apartment in July with a body temperature of  32 C.

What is more than 6 hours 25 min?

500
This is the term for the amount of heat it takes to move an insect from one stage of development to another.
What is degree hours?
500
[See your notes for reference values.] This is how many degrees you would need to keep larvae at for eggs to hatch into adults in 250 hours.
What is 96.6 degrees F?