NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS
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The specific change in the body that brought about the body’s inner workings to stop is called the:(the medical reason for death)
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manner of death
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cause of death
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mechanism of death
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type of death
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Rigor mortis is a postmortem change resulting in the stiffening of the body muscles due to chemical changes in their myofibrils. Rigor mortis helps in estimating the time since death as well to ascertain if the body had been moved after death.
Detailed explanation-2: -Of these, with obvious mortal damage to the body, the textbook conclusive signs of death clear to a lay person are: algor mortis, rigor mortis, livor mortis, and putrefaction.
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