Matching Pairs Autopsy VocabOnline version assignment by Benjamin D Morgan 1 Decomposition 2 Coroner 3 Rigor Mortis 4 Algor Mortis 5 Medical Examiner or Forensic Pathologist 6 Autopsy 7 Livor Mortis When flies, maggots, and bacteria inhabit the dead body. Studying the life cycle of these gives a time of death. Person with a medical degree who performs the autopsy Dead body cools at an average of 1.5 degrees per hour. Used to determine time of death This occurs between 2-6 hours after death. The body stiffens...this is used to determine time of death Elected official who decides if an autopsy is needed by a specialist Occurs 3-12 hours after death. This occurs from heart stopping and blood pooling in the lower spots of the dead body. Purplish color results in those areas. Used to determine time of death and cause of death.
