Module 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

Necrosis

Answer 1

Pathological death of a tissue still a part of the living organism

Question 2

Necrobiosis

Answer 2

Antemortem, physiological death of the cells of the body followed by their replacement.

Question 3

Agonal Algor

Answer 3

Decrease in body temperature immediately before death

Question 4

Agonal Fever

Answer 4

Increase in body temperature immediately before death

Question 5

Agonal Hypostasis

Answer 5

Settling of blood into the dependent tissues of the body

Question 6

Agonal Moisture Changes

Answer 6

Changes in tissue moisture during the Agonal period.

Question 7

Translocation

Answer 7

The movement of microorganisms from one area of the body to another

Question 8

Tissue Gas

Answer 8

Postmortem accumulation of gas in tissues or cavities brought about by an anaerobic gas-forming bacillus, Clostridium perfringens.

Question 9

Algor Mortis

Answer 9

Postmortem cooling of the body to the surrounding temperature

Question 10

Hypostasis

Answer 10

Settling of blood and/ or other fluids to dependent portions of the body

Question 11

Viscosity

Answer 11

Resistance to the flow of a liquid. Thickness of a liquid.

Question 12

Livor Mortis

Answer 12

Postmortem intravascular red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostasis of blood

Question 13

Dehydration

Answer 13

Loss of moisture from the body tissue that may occur antemortem or postmortem.

Question 14

Postmortem Caloricity

Answer 14

The rise in body temperature after death due to continued cellular metabolism

Question 15

Postmortem Stain

Answer 15

Extravascular color change that occurs when heme, released by hemolysis of red blood cells, seeps through the vessel walls and into the body tissues.

Question 16

Rigor Mortis

Answer 16

Postmortem stiffening of the body muscles by natural body processes

Question 17

Autolysis

Answer 17

Self-destruction of cells. Decomposition of all tissues by enzymes that form without microbial assistance.

Question 18

Hydrolysis

Answer 18

Reaction in which water is one of the reactants and compounds are often broken down. In the hydrolysis of proteins, the addition of water accompanied by the action of enzymes results in the breakdown of protein into amino acids.

Question 19

Proteolysis

Answer 19

Decomposition of proteins

Question 20

Putrefaction

Answer 20

Decomposition of proteins by the action of enzymes from anaerobic bacteria

Question 21

Decay

Answer 21

Decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria

Question 22

Desquamation

Answer 22

Sloughing off of the epidermis, wherein there is a separation of the epidermis from the underlying dermis