HOSA FORENSIC SCIENCES FULL SET Comprehensive Questions (Frequently Tested) with Verified Answers Graded A+

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