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09:49 Nov 20, 2006 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Medical - Medical (general) / autopsy | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Carol Gullidge United Kingdom Local time: 07:51 | ||||||
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with evident/marked delay in progression/completion of ... Explanation: Paper 1: Why does rigor mortis progress downwards? by Kobayashi M ... The relationship between rigor mortis progression and temperature has been ... thin forearms and crura would delay rigor mortis in these parts of the body. ... www.geradts.com/anil/ij//vol_003_no_002/papers/paper001.htm... just a couple of ideas - http://www.geradts.com/anil/ij//vol_003_no_002/papers/paper0... JSTOR: The Postmortem Examination in Cases of Suspected Homicide The onset of rigor mortis is variable and the time it takes for completion varies with the degree of muscular development and antemortem activity. ... links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0885-2731(194603%2F04)36%3A6%3C485%3ATPEICO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I - -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 32 mins (2006-11-20 10:22:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- sorry, probably don't need the "of" at the end |
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markedly slow death/expiration is noticeably slow Explanation: Hmm |
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with marked difficulty in overcoming Explanation: ie, the rigor mortis was pretty stiff Measurements of the torgue to overcome rigor mortis on the legs of 101 male human cadavers at 5 degr... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubM... - Similar pages dying and deathI read your description of rigor mortis; is there any situation that you know ... to overcome the stiffness of the levator muscles and the eyes remain open. ... www.nurseminerva.co.uk/dying.htm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 hrs (2006-11-20 19:03:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The way I read it is that there ius a transition between pre-rigor and rigor, when the limbs start to become stiff, but haven't completely stiffened up - ie, that is doesn't just happen at once, ie, after 20 hrs the body suddenly stiffens up! |
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