Rigor Mortis 2001225 ... name William M. R. status student age 17 Question - What exactly is rigor mortis? What causes it (well, obviously death) but biochemically speaking, what biological changes go on at the molecular or physiological level to make the body stiff?
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Rigor Mortis, a stiffening of the muscles, usually starts to take place at around 3 hours after someone is dead with full rigor occuring at about 12 hours after death. After the 12 hour mark the rigor slowly ceases and at around 72 hours ri...
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Much more quickly than in humans. I'm not a professional in either human or animal fields but here are some things that I do know: The smaller the (mammal) animal, the faster the respiration and the faster the heart rate. Rigor mortis is ...
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A few hours after a person or animal dies, the joints of the body stiffen and become locked in place. This stiffening is called rigor mortis. Depending on temperature and other conditions, rigor mortis lasts approximately 72 hours. The phen...
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He was cold and rigor mortis had set in 6 hours after i had last seen him alive. If anybody can help pease let me know. ... In my (limited) experience a cat put to sleep by a vet had extensive rigor mortis by the time it came home for burial. I'd say 90 minutes tops, could be more like 30 or 15 though.
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in me talk pretty one day , david sedaris describes his mother's ability to revive all manner of dying rodents by putting a towel in a casserole dish and popping the indisposed animal into a warm oven for a bit: "oh keep your shrts on,...
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Just how long does rigor mortis take anyway? January 29, 2007 8:31 AM Subscribe ... The hamster could be having agonal respirations (although those shouldn't last THAT long in a hamster) or he could have just gone into PEA (pulseless electrical activity) and things were just shutting down slowly.
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West Virginia: 59-year-old Charleston resident Val Thomas is alive after being dead so long she began to succumb to rigor mortis. Her son Jim said: "Her skin had already started to harden and ... this is pretty incredible, but as a deity is the most complicated answer to any question it should be the last thing you believe.
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What are the changes that take place in the human body after death which account for the description rigor mortis? ... I read your description of rigor mortis; is there any situation that you know of in which rigor mortis would not occur after death? Or does it always occur? ... How long does it take rigor mortis to set in?
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