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2 areas in Forensic Toxicology is employed - ANSWER 1) Postmortem drug testing 2) workplace drug testing 2 methods in estimating time elapsed since death using entomology - ANSWER 1) Development of blow flies over time- few hours to several weeks. 2)successional colonization of the body by a sequence of carrion insects- any time after death 2 reasons blow flies are attached to flesh - ANSWER 1) looking for a protein meal to allow their genitalia to develop 2) Mainly mature females are attracted because they are looking for a suitable place to lay their eggs. 3 tasks of the forensic anthropologist - ANSWER 1) identifying the victim and providing a biological profile 2) a taphonomic assessment 3) providing data regarding the death event, including evidence of trauma at perimortem period 4 goals of death investigation - ANSWER 1) determine cause 2) determine manner 3) determine mechanism 4) determine time of death The 4 major tasks when documenting a crime scene - ANSWER 1)note taking 2)videography 3)photography 4)sketching; all 4 are necessary and non is an adequate substitute for another 4 types of traumatic deaths - ANSWER 1) mechanical 2) thermal 3) chemical 4) electrical 5 things to be included in the forensic anthropology report - ANSWER 1) Chain of Custody 2) Tamphonomic assessment 3) Biological Profile 4) Identification characteristics and interpretation 5) Description of trauma 5 types of traumatic deaths - ANSWER 1) Mechanical 2) Chemical 3) Thermal 4) Electrical 5) Asphyxial (MACET) 1892 - ANSWER When the first criminal fingerprint identification was made AAS - ANSWER atomic absorption spectroscopy; technique for metal analysis utilizing the reduction of a metal in a solution to an atom, usually by a flame ABO - ANSWER a basic classification system for blood types based upon the reaction of antigens and antibodies. ABO blood groups - ANSWER Human antigenic system designating the blood groups A, B, AB, and O. Abrasion - ANSWER a scraping type of wound accidental death - ANSWER Death occurs due to an injury or poisoning that was unintentional. According to the model of forensic nursing, what are the three sources for the knowledge base of forensic nursing? - ANSWER 1) Nursing Science 2) Forensic Science 3) Criminal Justice Accuracy - ANSWER ability of a measurement to match the value of the quantity measured; correctness Adipocere - ANSWER Waxy fat; happens with bodies under water ADME - ANSWER Abbreviation for the stages that describes how a drug moves through the body. Absorption Distribution Metabolism Excretion AFIS - ANSWER Automated Fingerprint Identification System Albert Osborn - ANSWER Developed the fundamental principles of document examination Alec Jeffreys - ANSWER Geneticists that developed DNA testing Algor Mortis - ANSWER Cooling of the body that occurs during death. This obviously varies greatly; normal temperature is approximately 98.6° and this is maintained one to three hours after death then the body begins to cool at a rate of approximately 1.5°C per hour Alkaloid - ANSWER Examples are cocaine, nicotine, strychnine, caffeine, and morphine. All of the following are types of strangulation except ? - ANSWER Lynching Alphonse Bertillon - ANSWER Devised the first scientific system of personal identification 1879 Amphetamine - ANSWER Controlled substance along with its analogs, such as methamphetamine that creates a state of wakefulness, euphoria, and excitatory condition (stimulation) Amylases - ANSWER Enzymes found primarily in saliva Analgesics - ANSWER Drugs that relieve pain Anatomic pathology - ANSWER Analysis of tissue samples aneurysm - ANSWER Weakening of the wall of an artery Angle of impact - ANSWER 90° - the resulting bloodstain will be circular in shape; less than 90° - create an elliptical bloodstain anoxia - ANSWER Without oxygen Antemortem - ANSWER before death antemortem trauma - ANSWER injury to a body that occurs during life. anthropologist can determine this by the presence of scars or callus at the site of fractures