Death and Herculaneum
Module Six: Text Questions
Review Questions
What is liver mortis? How might this reveal information about the time of death?
Liver mortis is the settling of blood in the lowest parts of the body. Liver mitosis happens about 8 to 12 hours after death.
What three aspects does a forensic autopsy seek information about? Describe each of these aspects.
The purpose of a forensic autopsy is to find out the time of death, the mechanism of death, and the manner of death. The time of death is what led to the death, the mechanism of death refers to anything used to kill the person, and the manner of death is either homicide or suicide.
How can digestion rates give information to forensic scientists about the time of death?
Digestive rate help by the size of the meal and how long it was past digestion.
What is mummification?
Mummification is the drying of the body and its tissues.
How can human bones give forensic scientists can indication of age? Describe some of the aspects that would give this information.
Forensic scientists use the length of the bones and the condition of the teeth to determine the age. For adults, they look at the wear of the teeth, the wear in their joints (arthritis), and its circumference.
Critical Thinking Questions
Imagine that you are at a crime scene. You find skeletal remains, but the skeleton is not complete as some of the smaller bones are missing. The bones are within a twenty feet radius. Based on this information, what would you be able to ascertain about the time of death and the individual who was killed?
The individual probably had an injury before the incident happened, maybe broken once. The body had been dead for longer than three weeks and its body has started to disperse.
Out of the different methods to help determine the time of death, which one do you think is most effective? Why?
I think the most effective way in determining the time of death is mortis. The three type of mortis; rigor, liver, and algor, deal
Review Questions
What is liver mortis? How might this reveal information about the time of death?
Liver mortis is the settling of blood in the lowest parts of the body. Liver mitosis happens about 8 to 12 hours after death.
What three aspects does a forensic autopsy seek information about? Describe each of these aspects.
The purpose of a forensic autopsy is to find out the time of death, the mechanism of death, and the manner of death. The time of death is what led to the death, the mechanism of death refers to anything used to kill the person, and the manner of death is either homicide or suicide.
How can digestion rates give information to forensic scientists about the time of death?
Digestive rate help by the size of the meal and how long it was past digestion.
What is mummification?
Mummification is the drying of the body and its tissues.
How can human bones give forensic scientists can indication of age? Describe some of the aspects that would give this information.
Forensic scientists use the length of the bones and the condition of the teeth to determine the age. For adults, they look at the wear of the teeth, the wear in their joints (arthritis), and its circumference.
Critical Thinking Questions
Imagine that you are at a crime scene. You find skeletal remains, but the skeleton is not complete as some of the smaller bones are missing. The bones are within a twenty feet radius. Based on this information, what would you be able to ascertain about the time of death and the individual who was killed?
The individual probably had an injury before the incident happened, maybe broken once. The body had been dead for longer than three weeks and its body has started to disperse.
Out of the different methods to help determine the time of death, which one do you think is most effective? Why?
I think the most effective way in determining the time of death is mortis. The three type of mortis; rigor, liver, and algor, deal