Module Four

Question 1

Agonal Algor

Answer 1

Decrease in body temperature immediately before death

Question 2

Agonal Fever

Answer 2

Increase in body temperature immediately before death

Question 3

Agonal Hypostasis

Answer 3

Settling of blood into the dependent tissues of the body.

Question 4

Agonal Moisture Changes

Answer 4

A decrease in the amount of moisture, or fluids, in the tissues and body cavities

Question 5

Algor Mortis

Answer 5

Postmortem cooling of the body to the surrounding tempurature

Question 6

Autolysis

Answer 6

Self-destruction of the cells

Question 7

Decay

Answer 7

Decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria

Question 8

Desquamation

Answer 8

Sloughing off the epidermis

Question 9

Dehydration

Answer 9

Loss of moisture from the body tissue

Question 10

Hydrolysis

Answer 10

Reaction in which water is one of the reactants and the compounds are often broken down

Question 11

Hypostasis

Answer 11

Settling of blood and/or other fluids to dependent portions of the body

Question 12

Livor Mortis

Answer 12

The settling of blood after death in gravity-dependent portions of the body

Question 13

Necrobiosis

Answer 13

Gradual degeneration and death of cells in the body tissues

Question 14

Necrosis

Answer 14

The death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply.

Question 15

Tissue Gas

Answer 15

Sometimes the bacteria in soft tissues produce large amounts of gas as a waste product. The gas can form bubbles and blisters in tissue

Question 16

Translocation

Answer 16

The movement of something from one place to another.

Question 17

Proteolysis

Answer 17

The breakdown of proteins or peptides into amino acids by the action of enzymes.

Question 18

Putrefaction

Answer 18

The process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter

Question 19

Postmortem caloricity

Answer 19

Postmortem caloricity is a phenomenon where the body temperature of a corpse rises or remains unusually high for up to 2 hours after death

Question 20

Postmortem stain

Answer 20

A bluish or reddish-purple discoloration due to capillo-venous distension with blood, at the undersurface of the skin of the dependant parts of the body, due to settling of blood in those areas due to pull of the gravity

Question 21

Rigor Mortis

Answer 21

Stiffening of the joints and muscles of a body a few hours after death, usually lasting from one to four days.

Question 22

Viscosity

Answer 22

the state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency