Cooling of the body is also known as

It is the recognition of an individual

What are characteristics that may not easily be changed that can be a way of identification?

A recollection of time, place and events

A person may stammer, stutter or lisp.

It refers to the manner of walking

It is the termination of life

It is the complete cessation of all the vital functions

What are the kinds of Death?

This is the state of the body in which there is complete

What are the types of Somatic or Clinical Death?

Type of death wherein withdrawal and separation from the patient by others producing a sense of isolation and abandonment

Condition of death wherein the patient regresses

Type of death characterized by the absence of cognitive function or awareness

Type of death when all vital organs

After cessation of the vital functions of the body there is still animal life among individual cells.

After somatic death

This condition is not really death

It is important to determine the condition of suspended animation to prevent premature burial

What are the 3 stages that the entire muscular shall pass after death?

It is the stage of muscular change upon death characterized the relaxation of muscles and loss of their natural tone

It is the gradual stiffening of the muscle of the body

Post-mortem rigidity is commonly known as

A muscular change characterized by the softness and flaccidity of the muscles

WHAT ARE THE CONDITION OF SIMULATING RIGOR MORTIS?

when the dead body is exposed to intense heat as by burning

The stiffening of the body may be manifested when the body is frozen

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

What are the types of Postmortem Lividity?

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.

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.

is the breaking down of the complex proteins

What are the Special Modifications of Putrefaction?

WHAT ARE THE KINDS OF MUMMIFICATION?

is the complete dehydration of all body tissue

The body will become dehydrated and mummified which is caused by the forces of nature.

This is made by treatment of the body with arsenic, formalin, resinous or tarry materials.

This is a condition wherein the fatty tissues of the body are transformed to soft brownish- white substance known as adipocere.

It is a condition of the body usually the fetus

What are the methods of detecting the cessation of heart action?

Pulsation of the peripheral blood vessels may be made at the region of the wrist or at the neck.

The rhythmic contraction and relaxation of the heart is audible through the stethoscope. Heart sound can be audible during life even without the aid of a stethoscope by placing the ear at the precordial area.

reveal the shadow of the heart in its rhythmic contraction and relaxation. The shadow may be enlarged, and the excursion made less visible due to pericardial effusion.

The heartbeat is accompanied by the passage of electrical charge through the impulse conducting system of the heart which may be recorded in an electrocardiograph machine. The electrocardiograph will record the heartbeat even if it is too weak to be heard by auscultation. This is the best method of determining heart action but quite impractical.

What are the methods of detecting the Peripheral Circulation?