COD Review

5. The tearing or rupturing of soft tissue, usually torn or jagged.
6. The shortening of muscle tissue and stiffening of body parts is known as ____ mortis.
7. When all of the water is gone from the body.
9. Rigor mortis beings ____ after death.
10. A cut, slash, or slice. Usually longer than deep.
11. Rigor mortis is completely gone after ___ hours.
12. A penetrating injury due to an injury with no blade.
14. A contusion is more commonly known as a:
15. Settling of blood in areas of the body closest to the ground.

1. Algor mortis causes the body to lose ___.
2. The part of decomposition that results in noxious odors.
3. The dehydration of the body.
4. ____ pathology is the postmortem investigation of sudden, unexpected death or trauma.
8. The altered physiology by which disease/injury produces death.
9. Entomology is the study of:
13. An area that is damaged by scraping or wearing away the skin.