Ch.11+Questions+ZW

Chapter 11 Review

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 * a. Manner of Death/Cause of Death**: Manner of death is natural, homicidal, suicidal, or incidental. The cause of death is how the person died. The link I suppose is that if the cause of death is dramatic of mundane, it has a large affect on the shape the body is in.


 * b. Cause of Death/ Mechanism of Death**: The cause of death once again being the way the person died.The Mechanism of death is kinda the "weapon." It is the particular disease that killed the person. The link is pretty strong because one could say that mechanism of death is just a more detailed way of saying the cause of death.


 * c. Larva/Pupa**: Larva is the immature form of an animal, and the Pupa is the transformed, or morphed form.


 * d. Rigor Mortis/ Livor Mortis**: Rigor Mortis is the stiffening of the skeletal muscles postmortem. Livor Mortis is pooling of the blood ionto tissue postmortem and it results in red coloring of the skin.


 * e. Autolysis/ Decomposition**: Autolysis is the spontaneous breakdown of cells as they self digest. Decomposition is the process of rotting and breakdowns.

2. Obviously the deer was pregnant before it was killed or it might have died trying to give birth. Or it may be in the putrefaction stage.

3. The body might be alot more decayed than it should be in a dark alley, the skin could be completely gone, has a strong dirt smell.

4. It definitely makes sense because 3 hours is enough time for rigor mortis to break down.

5. Insects that are drawn to decomposing bodies are there first, but the one that come last aren't for decomposing, they come to eat.