FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Aadhaar, Acne Vulgaris, Hair Loss
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The forensic autopsy versus an external examination. Death is the permanent termination (cessation) of the biological (vital) functions that sustain a living organism. Cns coma -- cns failure (brain death) Death of the individual is termed somatic or clinical death. But death of the tissues (cells) is termed molecular or cellular death. The time between somatic and molecular death is called molecular life. Cause of death: any injury or disease that produces a physiological derangement in the body that results in the individual death. Mechanisms of deaths: is the physiological derangement produced by the cause of death that results in death. Most peoples fall to realize that violent deaths are retained even if there is a long delay between injury & death. A 45 years old man dies for 3 weeks after surgery to repair a single penetrating stab wound in the right side of chest he received during a fight.
