AP

1. Explain the similarities and differences of the following terms: a. manner of death and cause of death

Manner of death is dying by a natural, accidental or homicide and cause of death is dying from a disease, physical injury, and heart attack. They are similar because they both deal with death

b. Cause of death and mechanism of death

Cause of death is a physical injury, stroke, heart attack or disease and mechanism of death is how the body changes for example someone losing blood. They are similar because they both describes the way a person die. Its like cause and effect.

c. Larva and pupa

Larva is the form of the animal that undergoes metamorphosis and pupa is when the larva forms a capsule around itself and changes into an adult. They are similar because they both deal with animals.

d. Rigor mortis and livor mortis

Rigor mortis follows right after death when the muscle relax and livor mortis is when the heart stops pumping and the blood begins to settle in parts of the body closet to the ground. Livor mortis also helps to determine weather of not the body was moved or not. They are similar because they both occur right after death and last for a short amount of time.

e. Autolysis and decomposition

Autolysis is the breakdown of cells as they digest into the tissue and decomposition is the process and breaking down. They are similar because they both describe the break down of the body.

2. The deer is so large because of the gases that the body releases after the death.

3. You can tell if the body was moved or not by looking at livor mortis. Livor mortis can tell weather or not the body was moved because of where the blood was closest to the ground. You can also tell weather or not the body was moved by taking pollen samples from the body.

4. I do not agree with her because rigor mortis starts within two hours after death. The body begins to stiffen in the head and then work its way down to the legs. The body has just began rigor mortis because the blood has not been to the legs. After 12 hours the is at the most rigid state. The stiffness will start to disappear after 36 hours. She said after rigor mortis hits its peak it will start to fade when in fact the rigor mortis will fade after 36 hours.

5. The first insect to usually arrive on the dead body are the blowflies. The blowflies lay their eggs on the dead body. The eggs will then hatch and turn into maggots. Blowflies are the first to arrive because they are attracted to the smell and warm body. The next type of insects to arrive on the dead body are tiny wasps. The Wasps will then lay their eggs on the maggots. The last group of insects to arrive mites and beetles because they like to fed on the dry tissues.