NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Lividity is the bluish-purple discoloration of skin after death. It is a sign of livor mortis and occurs when blood pools at the lowest point of the body due to gravity and loss of blood circulation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lividity typically appears as patches or blotches that coalesce over time to produce a more generalized area of discoloration. After about 12 hours, the lividity becomes fixed. Then, even if the body is shifted, the pattern of discoloration will remain the same. see also Blood; Crime scene investigation; Rigor mortis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rigor mortis is the stiffening of all muscles in the body from muscles contracting after death. Livor mortis is a bruise-like coloring of the skin that appears in gravity-dependent regions of the body caused by blood pooling.