The reading for the first week of the course does include, in part, the components of the cell. The field of forensics investigates what happens to cells and tissues in case of an accident or when crimes are committed.

Please discuss one aspect of tissue or cell component changes after death whether it is in the minutes after death, hours after death, days or months postmortem. You are assigned a time frame according to the first letter of your last name according to this table:

If your last name starts with the letter…

…… write about one aspect of tissue or cell-level changes in the following post-mortem time frames:

A – G

few minutes to 1 hour

H – N

1-24 hours

O – T

2-21 month

U – Z

more than one month

Do a library and/or web search to find at least one credible information source that describes cell or tissue changes in your assigned time frame.

Your main post should be at least 150 words.