To determine a cadaver's time of death, you can calculate based on rigor mortis or livor mortis (lividity), the latter of which is what?
Answer Discoloration of skin
You've probably heard of rigor mortis, which is Latin for "the stiffness of death"; but have you heard of livor mortis? When the body dies, the blood pools, resulting in the discoloration of skin in certain areas of the body, as circulation shuts down. This causes dark purple or blue splotches, known as lividity. The blood's visibility depends on the amount of time that has passed after death.
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