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The document outlines various post-mortem changes that occur in the human body after death, including algor mortis, rigor mortis, and decomposition. It also describes different types of wounds and injuries, such as abrasions, lacerations, and sharp force injuries. Additionally, it discusses concepts of death, including somatic death, molecular death, and apparent death.

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Final Oral Cdi 2

The document outlines various post-mortem changes that occur in the human body after death, including algor mortis, rigor mortis, and decomposition. It also describes different types of wounds and injuries, such as abrasions, lacerations, and sharp force injuries. Additionally, it discusses concepts of death, including somatic death, molecular death, and apparent death.

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1. Post-mortem changes -- refer to the various processes that occur in a human body after death.

These
complex biological processes are inevitable and progressive after death unless a body is frozen or
embalmed.

2. Algor mortis (post-mortem cooling)-- refers to the normal cooling of a body after death as the result
of the equilibration of the body with the ambient (environmental) temperature.

3. Rigor mortis (post-mortem rigidity or cadaveric rigidity)- refers to the progressive stiffening of muscles
after death due to chemical changes within the muscle fibers. It begins after death but is usually not
readily detected until hours later.

4. Cadaveric spasm (i.e., instantaneous rigor, instantaneous rigidity, cataleptic rigidity)- is a phenomenon
in which the muscles (chiefly of the hand) contract forcibly at the moment of death. It is a form of
muscular stiffening that occurs at the moment of death and persists upon the onset of rigor mortis.

5. Decomposition- a sequence of physiochemical events that begins with death and ends with the
dissolution of non-skeletal parts of the body. It begins with greenish discoloration of the skin and
mucous membranes.

6. Autolysis -refers to the process in which digestive enzymes break down complex proteins and
carbohydrates into simpler compounds; during life, these digestive enzymes only act on the food, but
after death,, they will break down surrounding tissue. It is a sterile process involving the body's own
enzymes acting on itself, thus causing tissue and cellular destruction.

7. Mummification- is a product of desiccation or the drying-up process of soft tissue. It occurs when the
body cools rapidly, and the warmth needed to sustain putrefactive bacterial growth is denied.

8. Forensic entomology -is the application of the study of arthropods like insects, arachnids, centipedes,
and crustaceans to criminal or legal cases, primarily those involving death investigations.

9. A wound- is a disruption of the continuity of tissues and lining epithelium (layer of the skin) produced
by external mechanical force.

10. Abrasions are also known as scrapes, scratches, or grazes. They refer to superficial injuries involving
only the outer layers of the skin; they do not penetrate the full thickness of the epidermis.

11. A laceration refers to the splitting of tissues and the forceful tearing of the skin when an object
impacts the skin with a force that exceeds its elastic capacity.

12. Sharp force injuries refer to damage to tissues or organs by objects or weapons with sharp edges or
pointed ends. They are generally classified into three, namely, incised, stab, and chop wounds.

13. Incisions or incised wounds refer to cuts or slices caused by a sharp-edged object that has impacted
the body in an approximately parallel or tangential direction.
14. A stab wound is the result of a pointed or sharp and pointed object forced inward. A stab wound is
also sometimes a puncture, called a perforating or penetrating wound.

15. A burn is an injury caused by the application of heat or by a chemical or physical agent having an
effect similar to heat.

16. Hypostatic–Blood is still in fluid from inside blood vessels; it changes as the position of the body
changes. Blood remains fluid in the blood vessels for 6-8 hours.

17. Diffusion– Coagulated inside the blood vessel; Change in position will not change its location.
18. Somatic Death–(Clinical Death ) It is a complete, continuous, persistent cessation of respiration,
circulation, and almost all brain functions of an organism. It is usually pronounced by a physician or
other members of the family.

19.MolecularDeath (Cellular Death) -It is the cessation of the life of the individual cells in the whole
body, which occurs one at a time after somatic death.

20. Apparent Death (State of suspended Animation) It is the state of temporary cessation of vital
activities of the body or vital processes that were depressed to the minimum compatible with life. This
condition is not actually death, although classified under the kinds of death, because the person or
organism is still alive, although it seems that there are no signs of life.

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