POSTMORTEMS
ALGOR MORTIS - Answer- Post-mortem cooling of the body to the surrounding
temperature.
EXTRAVASCULAR BLOOD DISCOLORATION - Answer- Discoloration of the body
outside the blood vascular system, for example, ecchymosis, petechia, hematoma,
and postmortem stain.
HYPOSTASIS - Answer- Antemortem and or postmortem settling of blood and/or
other fluids to dependent portions of the body.
IMBIBITION - Answer- Absorption of the fluid portion of blood by the tissues after
death resulting in postmortem edema.
LIVOR MORTIS (CADAVERIC LIVIDITY / POSTMORTEM LIVIDITY) - Answer-
Postmortem, intravascular, red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostasis of blood
can usually be cleared via arterial injection and drainage
PHYSICAL POSTMORTEM CHANGES - Answer- Changes which are not primarily
responsible for alterations in the chemical composition and properties of the body
substances.
PHYSICOCHEMICAL POSTMORTEM CHANGE - Answer- Post death alteration in
the body that comprises a physical and a chemical change, for example, rigor mortis,
wherein there is a change in pH of the tissues and a stiffening of the muscles.
POST MORTEM ASPIRATOR (AUTOPSY ASPIRATOR) - Answer- An embalming
instrument for aspirating liquid materials from the trunk cavity of autopsied cases.
POSTMORTEM - Answer- Period that begins after somatic death.
POSTMORTEM BLOOD COAGULATION - Answer- The changing of the blood from
a liquid to a semi-solid or from a semi-solid to a solid.
POSTMORTEM CALORICITY - Answer- The rise in temperature after death due to
continued cellular metabolism.
POSTMORTEM CHEMICAL CHANGES - Answer- Change in the body's chemical
composition that occurs after death (e.g., decomposition, change in body pH, rigor
mortis, postmortem stain, postmortem caloricity).
POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION - Answer- See autopsy.
POSTMORTEM INTERVAL - Answer- That period of time between death and
embalming. The sooner embalming takes place the better results.
ALGOR MORTIS - Answer- Post-mortem cooling of the body to the surrounding
temperature.
EXTRAVASCULAR BLOOD DISCOLORATION - Answer- Discoloration of the body
outside the blood vascular system, for example, ecchymosis, petechia, hematoma,
and postmortem stain.
HYPOSTASIS - Answer- Antemortem and or postmortem settling of blood and/or
other fluids to dependent portions of the body.
IMBIBITION - Answer- Absorption of the fluid portion of blood by the tissues after
death resulting in postmortem edema.
LIVOR MORTIS (CADAVERIC LIVIDITY / POSTMORTEM LIVIDITY) - Answer-
Postmortem, intravascular, red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostasis of blood
can usually be cleared via arterial injection and drainage
PHYSICAL POSTMORTEM CHANGES - Answer- Changes which are not primarily
responsible for alterations in the chemical composition and properties of the body
substances.
PHYSICOCHEMICAL POSTMORTEM CHANGE - Answer- Post death alteration in
the body that comprises a physical and a chemical change, for example, rigor mortis,
wherein there is a change in pH of the tissues and a stiffening of the muscles.
POST MORTEM ASPIRATOR (AUTOPSY ASPIRATOR) - Answer- An embalming
instrument for aspirating liquid materials from the trunk cavity of autopsied cases.
POSTMORTEM - Answer- Period that begins after somatic death.
POSTMORTEM BLOOD COAGULATION - Answer- The changing of the blood from
a liquid to a semi-solid or from a semi-solid to a solid.
POSTMORTEM CALORICITY - Answer- The rise in temperature after death due to
continued cellular metabolism.
POSTMORTEM CHEMICAL CHANGES - Answer- Change in the body's chemical
composition that occurs after death (e.g., decomposition, change in body pH, rigor
mortis, postmortem stain, postmortem caloricity).
POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION - Answer- See autopsy.
POSTMORTEM INTERVAL - Answer- That period of time between death and
embalming. The sooner embalming takes place the better results.
