1. AUTOPSY AND POSTMORTEM CHANGES

2. Autopsy (postmortem examination) is a medical procedure of a complex examination of corpse to find a direct cause of death, basic disease(s) and coexisting pathological conditions. It consists of macro- and microscopic examination.

3. Why do we perform postmortem examination??

4. In order that:

5. Types of autopsy:

6. Medical autopsy:

7. Forensic autopsy:

8. Violent deaths by:

9. For forensic autopsy no family permission is necessary.

10. Procedures that may alleviate the need to perform a complete autopsy in the presence of religious objections:

11. Autopsy biosafety

12. RIGOR MORTIS

13. Rigor mortis

14. -Usually visible within 2–4 hours after death - Fully developed 6–12 hours after death

15. Rigor mortis

16. There are two main factors which influence it start and duration.

17. Rigor mortis:

18. LIVOR MORTIS (HYPOSTASIS, POST MORTEM LIVIDITY, POSTMORTEM SUGGILLATIONS)

19. Lividity is a dark purple colouration of the skin resulting from the stasis of blood in veins and capillary beds. It develops post mortem due to gravitational pull.

20. Color of postmortem suggilationes can be different from typical in following conditions :

21. Lividity appears

22. Postmortem hypostasis can...

23. ALGOR MORTIS

24. Algor mortis

25. Factors influencing the corpse temperature are:

26. Postmortem cooling develops due to:

27. PALOR MORTIS

29. POSTMORTEM DECOMPOSITION

30. POSTMORTEM DECOMPOSITION – Autolysis: – Putrefaction:

31. Putrefaction

33. The main symptoms which can be recognised here are:

34. Decomposition

36. General sequence of decomposition:

37. ADIPOCERE (SAPONIFICATION)

38. It is transformation of the fatty tissues into a yellow-white, greasy, but dry, wax- like substance.

39. The saponification process is…

40. MUMMIFICATION

41. Mummification needs...

42. MACERATION

43. Maceration is the aseptic autolysis of the fetus who died in the utero and remained closed within the amniotic sac.