PRE-EMBALMING CHANGES ELITE REVIEW
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS A+ SCORE 2026
◉agonal period . Ans: immediately preceding death
◉somatic death . Ans: death of the entire body
◉characteristics of agonal . Ans: may be short or long
-long agonal period: associated with chronic illness(cancer, CHF)
-short agonal period: associated with accidents/trauma
◉mortibund . Ans: "death bound"
◉death rattle . Ans: sound made as air passes over mucus is respiratory
tract
, ◉death struggle . Ans: (death throe) convulsive uncontrollable
movement by a dying person
◉cadaveric spasm . Ans: last act of life frozen in death (assc with
trauma)
◉apparent death . Ans: condition where signs of life are feeble
maintained
◉Agonal algor . Ans: cooling, lowering of body temperature during the
agonal period;caused by a lowering of metabolism
◉Agonal fever . Ans: increase in body temperture during the agonal
period; often seen in persons with infections
◉agonal hypostatsis . Ans: settling of blood into the dependent parts of
the body; occurs as a result of slowing circulation just prior to death
◉agonal congestion . Ans: as circulation slows elements of the blood
begin to clot
◉translocation . Ans: (bacterial migration) movement of
microorganisms from one area of the body to another
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS A+ SCORE 2026
◉agonal period . Ans: immediately preceding death
◉somatic death . Ans: death of the entire body
◉characteristics of agonal . Ans: may be short or long
-long agonal period: associated with chronic illness(cancer, CHF)
-short agonal period: associated with accidents/trauma
◉mortibund . Ans: "death bound"
◉death rattle . Ans: sound made as air passes over mucus is respiratory
tract
, ◉death struggle . Ans: (death throe) convulsive uncontrollable
movement by a dying person
◉cadaveric spasm . Ans: last act of life frozen in death (assc with
trauma)
◉apparent death . Ans: condition where signs of life are feeble
maintained
◉Agonal algor . Ans: cooling, lowering of body temperature during the
agonal period;caused by a lowering of metabolism
◉Agonal fever . Ans: increase in body temperture during the agonal
period; often seen in persons with infections
◉agonal hypostatsis . Ans: settling of blood into the dependent parts of
the body; occurs as a result of slowing circulation just prior to death
◉agonal congestion . Ans: as circulation slows elements of the blood
begin to clot
◉translocation . Ans: (bacterial migration) movement of
microorganisms from one area of the body to another
