Chapter+11+Review-+JW

1. a. Manner of death is the manner of which a person dies like suicide...ect, and cause of death is the reason of death like kidney failure. They are similar by discovering how someone died, but they are more of either bodily objects that fail, or an event that happened to cause the death. b. cause of death is the bodily function that fails and mechanism of death is the specific body failure that leads to death. They are both specific body functions that cause death, but mechanism is more like the failure that leads to death. c. larva is a immature form of animal that undergoes metamorphosis, and pupa is the form where the larva forms a capsule around itself and turns into an adult. They are both stages of an animal turning into adults, but pupa is a stage after the larva. d. rigor mortis is the stiffening of the muscles and livor mortis is the stage where the blood makes a pool and after its dead, turns the skin a reddish color. They are both stages of the body that produces something after it is dead, but they are two different stages that happen; muscles and blood e. autolysis is the out of no where break down of cells (self digest), and decomposition is the process of rotting and breaking down. they both break down objects, but autolysis is self digesting and break down cells.

2. if the abdomen was swollen, it was most likely that the animal had been dead for about 4 days. This is from the decomposition of the corpse and gas carbon dioxide is released by the bacteria in the intestines.

3. Evidence that you could find are, if the body was moved, than you would see the different places that the lividity would change, there would be 2 different ground soils, you could test the body temperature and see how long the person has been dead for and to see how much time they had to move it, or sunlight exposer to see if it was out in the sun before it was moved into the alley.

4. I suppose you can look at it through rigor mortis, but you could test other things to help give you a better result on how long the body has been dead for. Like taking the temperature, or if it has moved. But i don't agree with it, also you can't see rigor mortis until 2 hours, or after 48 hours. That conclusion isn't very reliable.

5. The first kind of insects would be like blowflies because they are attracted to 2 different kinds of gases that come from decomposition. And next the Wasps, and finally the insects like mites and beetles because they like dry tissues to feed on.