LB+Death+Chapter+Questions

1. Short Answer: a. The difference between manner of death and cause of death: The manner of death refers to things such as suicide, homocide, natural, accidental or undetermined. The cause of death is how the individual died or the reason they died such as disease, stroke, drowing and strangulation.

b. The difference between the cause of death and the mechanism of death: The cause of death refers to the reason a person died while the mechanism of death is a specific change in the body that brought about the cessation of life.

c. The difference between larva and pupa: The larva is an immature form of animal that undergoes metamophosis and a pupa is the stage in an insect's life cycle when the larva forms a capsule around itself and changes into its adult form.

d. The difference between rigor mortis and livor mortis: Rigor Mortis is the stiffening of the skeletal muscles after death and livor mortis is the pooling of the blood in tissues after death resulting in a reddish color to the skin.

e. The difference between autolysis and decomposition: Autolysis is the spontaneous breakdown of cells as they self digest, and decomposition is the process of rotting and breaking down.

2. Soon after death the body begins to get bloated. The body bloats with carbon dioxide as bacteria continue to feed on tissues.

3. The body could have certain types of bugs or insects living on the body that would be typical country setting. The could have used forensic entomology. Another sign that the body was first from the country could be the dirt found on the body.

4. The rigor mortis starts in the face and upper body. I think the time of death could have been a little sooner than 15 hours.

5. Blowfles are the first to the dead corpse. First eggs can be found in moist, warm areas of the body. Larvae start to come that have black mouth hooks. There are three different stages starting with thin bodies and the stage 3 larvae have fat bodies. The next insects to come are the pre-pupa which go to dry areas of the body. The early and late pupa come next and finally the adults take over the body.