Death & Decay Vocab

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Match each term with the definition.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Mechanism of Death		stiffness of the body that sets in several hours after death
Rigor Mortis		a purple or red discoloration of the skin caused by pooling of blood after death
Manner of death		The cooling of the body after death
livor mortis		How death occurred; natural, accidental, suicide, homicide, or undetermined
algor mortis		the specific physiological, physical, or chemical event that stops life

Match each term with the definition.

Mechanism of Death

stiffness of the body that sets in several hours after death

Rigor Mortis

a purple or red discoloration of the skin caused by pooling of blood after death

Manner of death

The cooling of the body after death

livor mortis

How death occurred; natural, accidental, suicide, homicide, or undetermined

algor mortis

the specific physiological, physical, or chemical event that stops life