Order of Decomposition Flashcards
- Carbohydrates
- Proteins
- Fats
- Firm Protein- connective tissue
- Hard protein- Cartilage
- Bone
Order of decomposition of body compounds.
- Infantil Brain
- Lining of the Larynx and Trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
- Mesentary and omentum
- Liver
- Adult Brain
- Heart
- Lungs
- Kidneys
- Urinary Bladder
- Esophagus
- Pancreas
- Diaphragm
- Blood Vessels (Mostly Large)
- Non-pregnant Uterus
Order of Decomposition of The Organs (Viscera)
The first body compound to decompose.
Carbohydrates
The second Body compound to decompose
Proteins
The third body compound to decompose
Fats
The fourth body compound to decompose.
Firm protein- connective tissue
The fifth body compound to decompse.
Hard Protein- Cartilage
The last body compound to decompose.
Bone
The fist organ to decompse
Infantile Brain
This decomposes before the stomach.
- Infantile brain
- Lining of the Larynx and trachea
This decomposes before the intestine.
- Infantile Brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
This decomposes before the spleen.
- Infantile Brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
This decomposes before the Mesentary and omentum.
- Infantile brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
This decomposes before the liver.
- Infantile brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
- Mesentary and omentum
This decomposes before the Adult Brain
- Infantile brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
- Mesentary and omentum
- Liver
This decomposes before the Heart.
- Infantile brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
- Mesentary and omentum
- Liver
- Adult brain
This decomposes before the lungs.
- Infantile brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
- Mesentary and omentum
- Liver
- Adult brain
- Heart
This decomposes before the kidneys.
- Infantile brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
- Mesentary and omentum
- Liver
- Adult brain
- Heart
- Lungs
These decompose before the urinary bladder.
- Infantile brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
- Mesentary and omentum
- Liver
- Adult brain
- Heart
- Lungs
- Kidneys
These decompose before the esophagus
- Infantile brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
- Mesentary and omentum
- Liver
- Adult brain
- Heart
- Lungs
- Kidneys
- Urinary Bladder
These decompose before the Pancreas.
- Infantile Brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
- Mesentary and omentum
- Liver
- Adult Brain
- Heart
- Lungs
- Kidneys
- Urinary Bladder
- Esophagus
These decompose before the diaphragm.
- Infantile Brain
- Lining of the larynx and trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
- Mesentary and omentum
- Liver
- Adult Brain
- Heart
- Lungs
- Kidneys
- Urinary Bladder
- Esophagus
- Pancreas
These decompose before the blood vessels (mostly large).
- Infantile Brain
- Lining of the Larynx and Trachea
- Stomach
- Intestine
- Spleen
- Mesentary and omentum
- Liver
- Adult Brain
- Heart
- Lungs
- Kidneys
- Urinary Bladder
- Esophagus
- Pancreas
- Diaphragm
This is the last organ to decompose.
The non pregnant uterus
Putrefies more rapidly than anyother organ becuse of its consistency and unusually rich blood supply.
Infantile Brain
Decomposes more rapidly than most other organs because of its increased blood supply and decreased thickness and occasionally due to direct infection.
- The opposite is true for the dense, tough, non-pregnant uterus, which may be found almost unchanged and intact after all the soft tissues have disappeared.
The Pregnant Uterus
- 1-3 Days
- 3-5 Days
- 8-10 Days
- 14-20 Days
- 1-6 Months
Know what happens during these times for Putrefaction
- Cupping of the eyeball
- Greenish discoloration over the abdominal area
- Postmortem Stain
- Dehydrated lips and eyelids
1-3 Days of Putrefaction
- Purge
- Green discoloration spreading over whole body.
- Visceral gas and some tissue gas
- Odor
3-5 Day of Putrefaction
- Tissue gas present in all parts of the body
- Massive skin slip
- Body swollen
- Starting to turn dark
8-10 Days of Putrefaction
- Bubbles and blisters over the body
- Mottled red, green and brown
- Intense odor of putrefaction
- Nails and hair loose
- Eyes and tongue bulging
- Recognition of features is difficult
14-20 Days of Putrefaction
- Thoracic and abdominal cavities may burst open.
- Body liquefaction and gases escaping.
- Feature recognition is impossible.
- Bones separating from joints
1-6 Months of Putrefaction
