Autopsy vocab

A group of wounds.

• autopsy

• postmortem

• cluster

• coagulation

Latin translation means death heat. Postmortem (after death) cooling of the body.

• algor mortis

• rigor mortis

• livor mortis

• heart mortis

Latin translation means death color. The process of blood settling as soon as the heart stops and the blood vessels and tissues breakdown.

• river mortis

• algor mortis

• rigor mortis

• livor mortis

Latin translation means death stiffness. This is the process of the body stiffening and un-stiffening after death due to the loss of oxygen in muscles and build up of lactic acid and calcium.

• algor mortis

• rigor mortis

• river mortis

• livor mortis

A postmortem examination of the body, including dissection to determine cause of death.

• a well visit at the doctor's

• a sick visit at the doctor's

• body reconstruction

• autopsy

The interval of time between when death occurs and the body is discovered.

• premortem interval

• postmortem interval

• death interval

• death time

red blood cell

• leukocyte

• erythrocyte

• platelets

• plasma

an organism's relatively stable internal conditions.

• homeostasis

• status quo

• regulation

• asphyxiation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

white blood cell

• lividity

• plasma

• leukocyte

• platelets

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

pooling of blood in the lowest portion of the body.

• asphyxiation

• livor mortis

• rigor mortis

• lividity