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| 9898500584 | algor mortis | the cooling of body temperature after death | 0 | |
| 9898502788 | Glaister equation | a formula used for determining the approximate time period since death based on body temperature | 1 | |
| 9898505042 | livor mortis | a purple or red discoloration of the skin caused by pooling of blood after death | 2 | |
| 9898511753 | rigor mortis | a stiffness in the muscles that occurs shortly after death | 3 | |
| 9898511754 | autolysis | a process by which a biological cell self-destructs | 4 | |
| 9898513696 | putrefaction | the decomposition of animal proteins, especially by anaerobic microorganisms | 5 | |
| 9898517258 | adipocere | also called "grave wax," insoluble fatty acids left as residue from preexisting fats from decomposing cadavers | 6 | |
| 9898520841 | saponification | the alkaline hydrolysis of fatty acid esters. In chemistry, it refers to the reaction of a base with a fat to form soap. | 7 | |
| 9898533945 | diagenesis | the breakdown and crystallization of bone in the last stage of death | 8 | |
| 9898538955 | forensic anthropology | a type of applied physical anthropology that specializes in the human skeletal system for purposes of identifying unknown remains | 9 | |
| 9898541945 | osteology | the study of bones | 10 | |
| 9898541946 | osteons | structures in bones that carry the blood supply | 11 | |
| 9898551486 | femur | long bone found in the leg, extending from the hip to the knee | 12 | |
| 9898551488 | tibia | long bone found in the leg, extending from the knee to the ankle | 13 | |
| 9898553386 | humerus | long bone found in the arm, extending from the shoulder to the elbow | 14 | |
| 9898553387 | radius | long bone found in the arm, extending from the elbow to the wrist | 15 | |
| 9898557243 | os pubis | area on the anterior side of the pelvis where the hip bones come together | 16 | |
| 9898557244 | ventral arc | a bony ridge that is formed on the ventral (lower) side of the female os pubis | 17 | |
| 9898561521 | epiphyses | growth plates found at the end of the long bones. They form in adolescence and fuse to the bone during early childhood. | 18 | |
| 9898564138 | diaphysis | the shaft of a long bone | 19 | |
| 9898564139 | iliac crest | an area found on the top of the hip bone | 20 | |
| 9898568984 | symphysis | a place where two bones meet and may rub together | 21 | |
| 9898571218 | Caucasoid | descriptor for people of European, Middle Eastern, and East Indian descent | 22 | |
| 9898572904 | Negroid | descriptor for people of African, Aborigine, and Melanesian descent | 23 | |
| 9898572905 | Mongoloid | descriptor for people of Asian, Native American, and Polynesian descent | 24 |
