Death: Introduction

Question 1

This act authorizes the legacy or donation fo all or parts of a human body after death.

Answer 1

RA. 7170 or Organ Donation Act of 1991

Question 2

This is the cessation of cardipulmonary functions or the cessation of brain activity.

Answer 2

Death

Question 3

This is what is used to trace the heart, in which a flatline is indicative that th heart has stopped beating, ergo, death.

Answer 3

Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Question 4

This is used to measure brain activity of a patient.

Answer 4

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Question 5

This is deep, irreversible absence of electrical brian activity and the complete cessation of vital functions without possibility of resuscitation.

Answer 5

Brain Death

Question 6

This is the complete and continuous cessation of vital functions of the brain, heart, and lungs which are necessary to maintain life and health.

Answer 6

Somatic Death or Clinical Death

Question 7

This takes place after cessation of vital function wherein life still thrives among individual cells.

Answer 7

Molecular or Cellular Death

Question 8

How long does it take for the death of individual cells?

Answer 8

3 to 6 hours

Question 9

This is the arrangment of death a person goes through.

Answer 9

Cessation of Heart and Circulation
Cessation of Respiration
Cooling of the Body
Insensibility and Loss of Movement
Changes in the Skin

Question 10

This results in the shortening of muscle tissue and stiffening of body parts.

Answer 10

Rigor Mortis

Question 11

When does rigor mortis begin and end?

Answer 11

Starts at 12 hours and ends after 48 hours.

Question 12

This is the pooling or settling of blood in tissues after death, indicative of the position on which the person has died.

Answer 12

Livor Mortis

Question 13

When does livor mortis begin and end?

Answer 13

Starts at 2 hours and becomes permanent after 8 hours.