Agonal and Postmortem Changes

Question 1

Necrosis

Answer 1

Cell death due to abnormal (pathogenic or traumatic) causes

Question 2

Necrobiosis

Answer 2

Cell death as a normal part of a life cycle

Question 3

Agonal Algor

Answer 3

The cooling of the body prior to death

Question 4

Agonal Fever

Answer 4

A heating of the body prior to death due to infection, toxemia, or some poisoning

Question 5

Agonal hypostasis

Answer 5

The antemortem settling of blood

Question 6

Agonal moisture changes

Answer 6

antemortem changes in moisture levels and distribution through the body

Question 7

Translocation

Answer 7

Movement of bacteria through the body

Question 8

Tissue gas

Answer 8

a byproduct of Clostridium Perfringens bacteria

Question 9

Algor Mortis

Answer 9

Postmortem cooling of the body

Question 10

hypostasis

Answer 10

settling of blood in the body

Question 11

viscosity

Answer 11

the thickness of the blood

Question 12

Livor Mortis

Answer 12

The flow of blood to lower parts of the body

Question 13

Dehydration

Answer 13

the loss of water from body tissues and fluids to the air

Question 14

Postmortem caloricity

Answer 14

continued metabolism after death

Question 15

Postmortem stain

Answer 15

extravenous discoloration of tissue caused by heme

Question 16

Rigor mortis

Answer 16

a chemical stiffening of the muscles

Question 17

Autolysis

Answer 17

The breakdown of by lysosomes and their nifty enzymes

Question 18

Hydrolysis

Answer 18

breakdown caused by reaction with water

Question 19

Proteolysis

Answer 19

breakdown of proteins in the body

Question 20

Putrefaction

Answer 20

anaerobic dissolution of proteins

Question 21

Decay

Answer 21

aerobic dissolution of proteins

Question 22

Desquamation

Answer 22

skin slip. The sloughing off of the epidermis