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Embalming (Seminar: Mortuary Science) Questions with Solutions
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Embalming (Seminar: Mortuary Science)Agonal - answerTime before death
Moribund - answerDying stage
Somatic Death - answerComplete death
Clinical Death - answerCessation of respiratory functions
Brain Death - answerCessation of brain activity (Not reversible) (5 minutes after death begin deteriorating)
Biological Death - answerOrgans no longer function (Not reversible)(Muscle cells, 3 hours, Cornea and blood cells 6 hours)
Necrobiosis - answerCells natural death
Necrosis - answerPathological death of cells
Signs of Death - answerCessation of respiration
Cessation of circulation
Muscular Flaccidity Changes in the Eye
Post Mortem Lividity Rigor Mortis
Algor Mortis
Death Rattle - answerRespiratory gurgling near time of death
Death Struggle - answerSemi-convulsive twitching near time of death
Cadaveric Spasm - answerprolongation of the last violent contraction of the muscles into the rigidity of death
Agonal Algor - answerCooling of the body before death
Agonal Fever - answerRise of temperature before death
Agonal Hypostasis - answerSettling of blood before death Agonal Coagulation - answerBlood begins to clot before death
Agonal Capillary Expansion - answerCapillary walls open more before death
Agonal Edema - answerIncreasing tissue moisture before death
Agonal Dehydration - answerDecrease of tissue moisture before death
Translocation of Microorganisms - answerMovement of microbes from one area to another before death
Imbibition - answerCells ability to draw in moisture
Dessication - answerDrying out
Hypostasis - answerSettling of blood into dependent areas
Agglutination - answerIncrease of blood by clumping of blood
Algor Mortis - answerInside- inability to regulate temperature Outside- Cool area, body coverings
Livor Mortis - answerIntravascular discoloration resulting from hypostasis
Post Mortem Caloricity - answerBody temperature rising after death
pH Changes - answerSlightly Alkaline (Primary flaccidity), Acid (Rigor), Alkaline (Secondary Flaccidity)
Rigor Mortis - answerStiffening of muscles
Nysten's Law - answerRigor mortis moves from face to feet
Proteases - answerCatalytic enzyme that breaks down protein chains
Fermentation - answerAnaeorbic breakdown of carbohydrates
Lipolysis - answerBreakdown of fat molecules
Postmortem Stain - answerExtravascular discolorations
Cardinal Signs of Decomposition - answerColor
Odor
Skin Slip
Gas
Purge
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