HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

ENTOMOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The body loses how many degrees per hour after death
A
1.5
B
2
C
3
D
4
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The rate at which this cooling occurs depends on the temperature differential between the body and the environment (elevated body temperatures and cool ambient temperatures will increase this rate), but as a general rule, the body cools at a rate of about 1.5°F (0.8°C) per hour during the first 12 hours.

Detailed explanation-2: -While this usually means cooling, bodies in an environment hotter than normal body temperature will increase in temperature. This change is approximately 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius for the first hour and drops a rate of around one degree Celsius for each hour after that.

Detailed explanation-3: -Algor Mortis: temperature of death Loss of body temperature at rate of 1.4° F per hour for the first twelve hours after death.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fall of temperature in a body after death is the result of a process of heat loss. Of all processes, in whatever field, it may be said that they are the results of certain causes, and that the speed of these processes are either accelerated or reduced by certain modifying factors.

Detailed explanation-5: -The average postmortem temperature, also 37.6 degrees C (range, 35.5 to 41.3 degrees C), was obtained 116 to 401 minutes (average, 202 minutes) after death.

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