Embalming 1: Exam 2 Material Flashcards
(36 cards)
Terms associated with death are:
Death rattle Death struggle Apparent death Human remains Cremated remains Cremains Cadaver
The non legal definition of ____ is the irreversible cessation of all vital functions such as respiration, and heart action.
Death
The noise made by a moribund (dying) person caused by air passing through a residue of mucous in the trachea and posterior oral cavity. Not everyone has this happens to them.
Death rattle
The semi convulsive twitches which often occur before death, this action can carry over into death is known as ____.
Death struggle
The condition in which the manifestations of life are feebly maintained is known as ____.
Apparent death
The body of a deceased person, including cremated remains is known as ____.
Human remains
The elements that remain after cremation of a dead human body are ____.
Cremated remains
Another term allowable for cremated remains in this class is ____.
Cremains
____ is the element left over from cremation.
Calcium
The dead human body used for medical purposes; including anatomical dissection and study is known as ____.
Cadaver
The study of death is known as ____.
Thanatology
Types of death.
Somatic death
Post Mortem Cellum Death
Death of the organism as a whole is ____. Historically it is recognized by the failure of one the three organs (heart, lungs, brain)
Somatic death
____ is the death of the individual cells of the body, is the final cause of cellular death is oxygen starvation, and will always occur after somatic death.
Post Mortem Cellular Death
Factors influencing onset of postmortem cellular death
Cause of death
Environmental Conditions (moisture and temp advances decom)
Conditions of the body
Medication preceding death (can permanently alter the body’s chemistry.)
Manifestations of death by which we may recognize its presence in the body
Signs of death
The separation of compounds into simpler substances by the action of microbial and/or autolytic enzymes, considered the single most reliable sign of death is ____.
Decomposition
The stoppage or cessation of ____, ____, ____,and ____ is a sign of death.
Circulation
Respiration
Algor Mortis
Livor mortis
Post Mortem cooling of the body to the temperature to the surrounding environment is ____.
Algor mortis
“Cadaveric lividity” the post Mortem, intravascular red-blue discoloration resulting from the hypostasis of blood is also known as ____.
Livor Mortis
The post mortem intravascular, red-blue discoloration in the body is the results from the ____ of blood.
Hypostasis
One key term is defining livor mortis is _____, meaning within the vessels.
Intravascular
Another key term in defining livor mortis is ____, which is the settling of blood and other fluids to the dependent portions I’d the body.
Hypostasis
The post mortem TEMPORARY stiffening of the body muscles due to natural chemical body processes is ____.
Rigor mortis
