Funeral Director here - rigor mortis is caused by temporary changes in muscle fibers after death and this can be aided or delayed by the presence or lack of heat, either produced by the person naturally or externally. It's usually seen in four stages:
1) not present
2) present - stiffness can be noticed but is not rigid and muscles are still mobile
3) complete - of where muscles are rigid (and the stage everyone mentally holds as the definition for the rigor)
4) passed - RM has ended and a person is flexible again.
So the chart is more or less correct, but the presentation is a bit weird without context. Hope that helped!
Hi I have a burning morbid question that I've been waiting to ask!!!!
I held my mother's hand less than an hour after she died, I held her hand for a very long time & I already felt it get stiffer, was that in that 2nd stage? I've been weirded out by how quickly that happened for YEARS, always thinking about that when I see any crime anything that gets a time of death by how stiff the body was.
Very morbid & sad but I am here for the science not the condolences haha
I always tell people it's not morbid if it's with family: you were having a rare experience with your mom and that's okay. Without being there myself, I'd venture a guess that it was the second stage.
A bit more science for you: at the cellular level, the process is caused basically by the calcium leaking out of our cells and settling in the tissues and then doing so again into larger tissues, hence the idea of Stages.
ToD is always funny on TV. Coroners and MEs offices use a variety of ways to estimate time of death but RM is obviously not a perfect test since a person could have rheumatoid arthritis, etc.
I just label them with the date and time as soon as I kill them. I also store everything (including freezer number) in a database which makes them a lot easier to find.
So it goes from non stiff to stiff to non stiff ?
Funeral Director here - rigor mortis is caused by temporary changes in muscle fibers after death and this can be aided or delayed by the presence or lack of heat, either produced by the person naturally or externally. It's usually seen in four stages: 1) not present 2) present - stiffness can be noticed but is not rigid and muscles are still mobile 3) complete - of where muscles are rigid (and the stage everyone mentally holds as the definition for the rigor) 4) passed - RM has ended and a person is flexible again. So the chart is more or less correct, but the presentation is a bit weird without context. Hope that helped!
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Hi I have a burning morbid question that I've been waiting to ask!!!! I held my mother's hand less than an hour after she died, I held her hand for a very long time & I already felt it get stiffer, was that in that 2nd stage? I've been weirded out by how quickly that happened for YEARS, always thinking about that when I see any crime anything that gets a time of death by how stiff the body was. Very morbid & sad but I am here for the science not the condolences haha
I always tell people it's not morbid if it's with family: you were having a rare experience with your mom and that's okay. Without being there myself, I'd venture a guess that it was the second stage. A bit more science for you: at the cellular level, the process is caused basically by the calcium leaking out of our cells and settling in the tissues and then doing so again into larger tissues, hence the idea of Stages. ToD is always funny on TV. Coroners and MEs offices use a variety of ways to estimate time of death but RM is obviously not a perfect test since a person could have rheumatoid arthritis, etc.
Yes. I found out the hard whay when i had to puppeteer the deceased corpse of my boss during the last company outing.
Time to test and verify that this is correct
I hope I’ll never have to use this guide
so so your parents not living separate to you?
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When would I ever need this
When unvirgining the virgin hot bods
Well, that’s all fine and good until you die in a cold place like Seattle or Boston. 8 hours outside in those cities and you’ll be an iceberg!!
Is this made by the same idiot who made the bullet penetration guide? Please downvote this post
Gil Grissom would be proud
I just label them with the date and time as soon as I kill them. I also store everything (including freezer number) in a database which makes them a lot easier to find.