HOSA FORENSIC SCIENCES
FULL SET Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
Manner of death - Answer: NASHU
Cause of Death - Answer: Abnormal organ desc./drug concentrations
Mechanism of death - specific - Answer: the physiological derangement produced by the cause
of death that results in death.
Algor Mortis - Answer: Cooling of the body postmortem
Livor Mortis - Answer: The pooling of the blood in tissues after death
Rigor Mortis - Answer: the stiffening of the body after death
Instar - Answer: one of the three larval stages of insect development
, Pupa - Answer: stage between larva and adult
comatose - Answer: cool to the touch
Hemoglobin - Answer: Substance in RBCs that cary oxygen
Autolysis - Answer: breakdown of the cells after they self digest
Lividity Timing - Answer: 2 hrs after death
Hotter temperature = ______ (Lividity) - Answer: Faster
Dual Lividity - Answer: occurs when the body is in 1 position for 2 hours after death then moved
to a second position.
Rigor Mortis Starts from _____ to ____ - Answer: Head, legs
When rigor mortis disappears - Answer: +36hrs
Time of death if no visible rigor - Answer: Body been dead for <2hrs OR >48hrs
Avg heat of Body - Answer: 37 C / 98.6 F
Cooling of body 1 hr after death (temp rate/hr) - Answer: 0.78 C / 1.4 F per hr
Cooling of body 12 hr after death (temp rate/hr) - Answer: 0.39 C / 0.7 F per hr
FULL SET Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
Manner of death - Answer: NASHU
Cause of Death - Answer: Abnormal organ desc./drug concentrations
Mechanism of death - specific - Answer: the physiological derangement produced by the cause
of death that results in death.
Algor Mortis - Answer: Cooling of the body postmortem
Livor Mortis - Answer: The pooling of the blood in tissues after death
Rigor Mortis - Answer: the stiffening of the body after death
Instar - Answer: one of the three larval stages of insect development
, Pupa - Answer: stage between larva and adult
comatose - Answer: cool to the touch
Hemoglobin - Answer: Substance in RBCs that cary oxygen
Autolysis - Answer: breakdown of the cells after they self digest
Lividity Timing - Answer: 2 hrs after death
Hotter temperature = ______ (Lividity) - Answer: Faster
Dual Lividity - Answer: occurs when the body is in 1 position for 2 hours after death then moved
to a second position.
Rigor Mortis Starts from _____ to ____ - Answer: Head, legs
When rigor mortis disappears - Answer: +36hrs
Time of death if no visible rigor - Answer: Body been dead for <2hrs OR >48hrs
Avg heat of Body - Answer: 37 C / 98.6 F
Cooling of body 1 hr after death (temp rate/hr) - Answer: 0.78 C / 1.4 F per hr
Cooling of body 12 hr after death (temp rate/hr) - Answer: 0.39 C / 0.7 F per hr
