2. 1. Adipocere - The creation of a waxy substance
when there is hydrogenation of the fat in the body.
2. Algor mortis - The gradual cooling of the body after death
until it reaches the temperature of the air around it.
3. Bill Bass Founded the Forensic Anthropology Facility.
4. Body Farm - Another name for the Forensic
Anthropology Facility.
3. 5. Cause of death - The medical problem that leads to
death, such as blunt force trauma, internal bleeding,
blood loss, or gunshot.
6. Forensic autopsy - Post-mortem examination.
7. Indicative acts - Actions or behaviors that may have
taken place before death (or the absence of these
behaviors).
8. Liver mortis - The settling of blood in the lowest
parts of the body.
4. 9. Manner of death - This may be suicide or
homicide in a forensic autopsy, as opposed to
disease or other natural causes.
10. Mechanism of death - Refers to any
instrument or weapon used in a death, such as
a knife or firearm.
11. Mummification
A drying of the body
and its tissues.
5. 12. Putrefaction - Occurs because of bacterial
activity and includes bloating, gas formation, loss of
hair and nails, and skin slippage.
11. Rigor mortis - A relaxation of the body’s muscles
after death followed by gradual process of rigidity in
the muscles.
13. Skeletonization - Occurs when the soft tissue is
removed from the bones.
6. 14. Taphonomy - The study of what happens to
animals or humans between the time that they
die and the time that their remains are found.
15. University of Tennessee Forensic
Anthropology Facility - One of the first sites of
systematic research on the decomposition of
human.
