Stages of human death
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The stages of death of a human being have medical, biochemical and legal aspects. The term taphonomy from palaeontology applies to the fate of all kinds of remains of organisms. Forensic taphonomy is
An example of postmortem corneal opacity.
Post-mortem interval
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The post-mortem interval is the time that has elapsed since an individual's death. When the time of death is not known, the interval may be estimated, and so an approximate time of death established.
Stages of human death
…Stage 5: Extreme decomposition – Advancing of the skeletonization with bleaching, exfoliation, and loss of wide portions of long bone. The post-mortem interval (PMI) is also called the time since death. It is the time lapse between death and discovery. After death, decomposition occurs. Decomposition includes…
Figure 1. Post-mortem phenomena to estimate the time of death.