Question

What information would be most relevant to determining the time of death?

Answer 1

Lividity can be defined as the typical bluish-purple discoloration of the skin after death. Rigor mortis can be defined as the postmortem state in which the muscles become stiff.

• After death, the stomach contains identifiable ingested foods within two hours.

• Rigor mortis is characterized by the stiffening of the body after death, which is caused by the absence of ATP in muscle tissues.

• Postmortem lividity or livor mortis is caused by the accumulation of blood in blood vessels (the lack of arterial pressure) as a result of gravity.

• The most relevant information to determine the time of death is the presence of lividity, rigor mortis, and/or stomach contents (Option c).

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