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- 3. ____Death - A manner of death resulting from a volitional act committed by one human being that directly leads to the death of another.
- 5. A waxy substance formed from body fat in decomposing remains exposed to moist anaerobic environments.
- 6. ____Humor The fluid within the eye used to analyze postmortem potassium levels to estimate time of death.
- 9. ____Examination - The first phase of a forensic autopsy, involving a thorough visual assessment and recording of the body's exterior, including clothing, physical characteristics, injuries, scars, and signs of death.Internal ____Examination - The phase of an autopsy where major body cavities (chest, abdomen, cranial cavity) are surgically opened to inspect, weigh, dissect, and sample internal organs and tissues.
- 14. The self-digestion of body cells by their own internal enzymes after death.
- 15. _____Cause of Death - A legal classification used when the available evidence or autopsy findings are insufficient, contradictory, or inconclusive to assign a specific manner or cause of death.
- 16. Forensic____ - A specialist who studies insects associated with a decaying body to help estimate time of death.
- 17. ____Of Death - The legal classification of the circumstances surrounding a death including natural accidental suicide homicide or undetermined.
- 20. _____Death - A manner of death resulting from an intentional, self-inflicted act designed to end one's own life.
- 22. The branch of science that identifies, quantifies, and analyzes drugs, poisons, alcohol, and other foreign chemical substances present in biological tissues and fluids.
- 24. Forensic______-A medical doctor specializing in investigating sudden unnatural unexplained or violent deaths.
- 25. ____Examination- The phase of an autopsy where major body cavities (chest, abdomen, cranial cavity) are surgically opened to inspect, weigh, dissect, and sample internal organs and tissues.
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- 1. The stage of decomposition where soft tissues are completely gone leaving only bones.
- 2. Pinpoint hemorrhages in the skin or eyes that can result from strangulation or asphyxiation.
- 4. ____Of Death - The specific injury or disease that initiates the lethal chain of events leading to death.
- 7. ________Mortis The postmortem stiffening of muscle mass that begins within 24 hours of death and disappears within 36 hours.
- 8. Death - A manner of death resulting solely from an internal natural disease process, aging, or progressive medical condition without external trauma or poison.
- 10. A surgical procedure performed by a pathologist on a dead body to ascertain the cause and manner of death.
- 11. ____Mortis - The postmortem process in which the body temperature continually cools until it reaches the ambient room temperature.
- 12. A condition caused by the severe restriction or interruption of oxygen supply to the brain and vital tissues, leading to unconsciousness or death (e.g., strangulation, suffocation, drowning).
- 13. The decomposition of organic matter by microorganisms leading to gas formation and foul odors.
- 18. _____Mortis - The postmortem settling of blood in the lower parts of the body causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin.
- 19. ____Force Injury - Physical trauma produced by non-sharpened impact from a blunt object or surface, resulting in abrasions, contusions (bruises), lacerations, or bone fractures.
- 21. Forensic _______ - A specialist who applies knowledge of human skeletal biology to legal and criminal investigations.
- 23. ____Interval - The length of time that has elapsed since a person died.
- 26. Death - A manner of death caused by an unintentional injury, sudden trauma, or environmental hazard where there was no intent to cause harm or death.