What term refers to changes that occur after death?

What term refers to changes that occur after death?

• A. Postmortem
• B. Antemortem
• C. Perimortem
• D. Rigor Mortis

Answer: (A)

Postmortem refers to changes that occur after death. Once life ends, the body enters a sequence of postmortem processes, like cooling, changes in skin coloration, and eventually tissue stiffening. The other terms describe different timing or a specific change: antemortem means before death, perimortem refers to the period around death, and rigor mortis is the particular stiffening that happens after death. So the term that encompasses all changes after death is postmortem.

Postmortem refers to changes that occur after death. Once life ends, the body enters a sequence of postmortem processes, like cooling, changes in skin coloration, and eventually tissue stiffening. The other terms describe different timing or a specific change: antemortem means before death, perimortem refers to the period around death, and rigor mortis is the particular stiffening that happens after death. So the term that encompasses all changes after death is postmortem.