Vocabulary Flashcards
Necrosis
the death of most of all of the cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply.
Necrobiosis
is the physiological death of a cell, and can be caused by conditions such as basophilia, erythema, or a tumor
Agonal Algor
A cooling or decrease in the body temperature prior to death
Agonal fever
an increase in the body temperature just prior to death
Agonal Hypostasis
Settling of blood into the dependent tissues of the body
Agonal moisture changes
A decrease in the amount of moisture, or fluids, in the tissues and body cavities.
Translocation
it means a change in location. refering to genetics, when part of a chromosome is transferred to another chromosome.
Tissue gas
it is a complication of decomposition than can arise in people who sustained penetrating injuries or trauma before death
Algor mortis
when the normal cooling of a body after death as it equilibrates with the ambient temperature.
Hypostasis
something that settles at the bottom of a fluid.
Viscosity
the state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency, due to internal friction
Liver mortis
the red-blue-purple discolouration that develops in the skin of dependent parts of the body after death
dehydration
the loss or removal of water from something
post mortem caloricity
is a phenomenon where the body temperature of a corspe rises or remains unusually high for up to two hours after death
post mortem stain
due to capillo-venous distension with blood
