CHANGES IN THE BODY FOLLOWING DEATH

Question 1

The progressive fall of the body temperature is one of the most prominent signs of death.

Answer 1

ALGOR MORTIS or COOLING OF THE BODY

Question 2

What is the normal body temperature of a living person?

Answer 2

37°C or 98.3°F

Question 3

The fall temperature of a certain sign of death?

Answer 3

15 to 20°F

Question 4

It is the complete relaxation of the whole muscular system

Answer 4

CHANGES IN MUSCLE

Question 5

The Entire Muscular Tissue Passes Three Stages After Death

Answer 5

a. Stage of Primary Flaccidity (post-mortem muscular irritability)
b. Stage of post-mortem rigidity
c. Stage of Secondary Flaccidity or Secondary Relaxation

Question 6

t is the stage of muscular change upon death characterized the relaxation of muscles and loss of their natural tone, so the jaw or head drops down, the thorax collapses and the limbs becomes flaccid and the splinters relax

Answer 6

Stage of Primary Flaccidity

Question 7

It is the stiffening of the muscle of the body after death due to chemical changes within the muscle tissue itself

Answer 7

Stage of post-mortem rigidity

Question 8

Post-mortem rigidly is also known as?

Answer 8

RIGOR MORTIS

Question 9

Conditions Simulating Rigor Mortis

Answer 9

1. Heat Stiffening
2. Cold Stiffening
3. Cadaveric Spasm or Instantaneous Rigor

Question 10

A condition characterized by hardening of the muscles due to coagulation of muscle proteins when the dead body is exposed to intense heat as by burning or immersion in a hot liquid

Answer 10

HEAT STIFFENING

Question 11

The stiffening of the body may be manifested when the body is frozen, but exposure to warm condition will make such stiffening disappear.

Answer 11

COLD STIFFENING

Question 12

It is the instant stiffening of a certain group of muscles which occurs immediately at the moment of death, although its cause is unknown, it is associated with violent death due to extreme nervous tension and injury to the central nervous system

Answer 12

CADAVERIC SPASM or INSTANTANEOUS RIGOR

Question 13

appears three to six hours after death

Answer 13

RIGOR MORTIS

Question 14

It involves all the muscles of the body whether voluntary or involuntary.

Answer 14

RIGOR MORTIS

Question 15

A natural phenomena which occurs after death.

Answer 15

RIGOR MORTIS

Question 16

utilized by a medical jurist to approximate the time of death

Answer 16

RIGOR MORTIS

Question 17

It appears immediately after death.

Answer 17

CADAVERIC SPASM

Question 18

involves only a certain muscle or
group of muscles and are asymmetrical

Answer 18

CADAVERIC SPASM

Question 19

may or may not appear on a person
at the time of death

Answer 19

CADAVERIC SPASM

Question 20

may be useful to determine the
nature of the crime

Answer 20

CADAVERIC SPASM

Question 21

This stage is onset of putrefaction

Answer 21

Stage of secondary Flaccidity or Secondary Relaxation

Question 22

It is a purplish discoloration of the body that occurs on those parts of the body which are nearest the floor.

Answer 22

Post-mortem Lividity

Question 23

Post Mortem Lividity is also known as

Answer 23

Cadaveric Lividity,
Post-mortem Suggillation, Post-mortem Hypostasis or
Livor Mortis

Question 24

Types of Post Mortem Lividity

Answer 24

1. Hypostatic Lividity
2. Diffusion Lividity

Question 25

The blood merely gravitates into the most dependent portions of the body but still inside the blood vessels and still fluid in form. Any change of position of the body leads to the formation of the lividity in another place. This occurs during the early stage of its formation.

Answer 25

HYPOSTATIC LIVIDITY

Question 26

This appears during the later stage of its formation when the blood has coagulated inside the blood vessels or has diffused into the tissues of the body. Any change of position will not change the location of the lividity

Answer 26

DIFFUSION LIVIDITY

Question 27

Putrefaction is the breaking down of the complex proteins into simpler components associated with the evolution of foul smelling gasses and accompanied by the change of color of the body.

Answer 27

PUTREFACTION OF THE BODY

Question 28

Special Modification of Putrefaction

Answer 28

a. Mummification
b. Saponification or Adipocere Formation

Question 29

The complete dehydration of all body tissue which results in the shivering and preservation of the body.

Answer 29

MUMMIFICATION

Question 30

Kinds of MUMMIFICATION

Answer 30

1. Natural Mummification
2. Artificial Mummification

Question 31

When a person is buried in hot, arid, sandy soil, there will be insufficient moisture for the growth
and multiplication of putrefactive bacteria. The body will become dehydrated and mummified which is caused by the forces of nature.

Answer 31

NATURAL MUMMIFICATION

Question 32

Acceleration of the evaporation of the tissue fluid of the body before the actual onset of decomposition.
Addition of some body preservatives to inhibit decomposition and to allow evaporation of fluid. This is made by treatment of the body with arsenic, formalin, resinous or tarry materials

Answer 32

ARTIFICIAL MUMMIFICATION

Question 33

This is a condition wherein the fatty tissues of the body are transformed to soft brownish-white substance known as adipocere. The layer of subcutaneous tissue is the frequent site of its formation.

Answer 33

Saponification or Adipocere Formation

Question 34

It is a soapy or waxy material, rancid in smell, dissolves in alcohol and ether when burned produces yellow flame

Answer 34

ADIPOCERE

Question 35

3 terms in changes in our body after death

Answer 35

ALGOR MORTIS
RIGOR MORTIS
LIVOR MORTIS