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Read CSI 1-28 Questions 1-9 pg. 33-35 of textbook LW

Short Answer Question #1 pg. 324 LW

a) Manner of death is one of four means by which someone dies (suicidal, accidental, homicidal, natural). Cause of death is the immediate reason for a person's death. b) Cause of death is the immediate reason for someones death, while mechanism of death is teh specific body failure that leads to death. c) A larva is an immature form of an animal that undergoes metamorphosis. A pupa is teh specific body failure that leads to death. d) Livor mortis is the pooling of the blood in tissues after death resulting in a reddish color to the skin. Rigor mortis the stiffening of the skeletal muscles after death. e) Autolysis is the cooling of the body after death and decomposition is the process of rotting and breaking down.