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What happens to a body after it is embalmed and buried in a casket?
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∙ 11y ago
A Funeral Director (Embalmer) will normally make a 3 inch incision near the Clavicle. A hooked instrument will then be inserted in the incision to pull up the Jugular Vein and Carotid Artery. The vein and artery will be cut slightly; A drainage tube will be inserted into the vein and another tube will insert into the artery. Arterial embalming fluid will be pumped into the carotid, traveling through the bodies arterial system thus reaching the bodies organs and tissus. As the arterial fluid enters the body, blood is forced out through the venous system into the drain tube and out of the body.The Thoracic and Abdominal cavity is Aspirated (Fluids Removed)by the insertion of a Trocar (Long hollow needle) and then Body Cavity fluid is injected using the same Trocar. Situations occur due to circumstance of death,disease,autopsy etc.. where different arteries and veins are used. However, in most cases this is the common procedure. to make it easy to understand in embalming, the body fluids are removed and embalming fluid is injected in to replace it.
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∙ 17y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe process is
the emablmers dried the body up with a thing called natron and then they put oils,spices and resins on the bodies cavities. What were pitch and tar for they gave the mummies the black appearance
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∙ 11y agoI suppose you mean with the preservation? Well it slows decomposition by prevent the growth of bacteria. It is not helpful to a body you are trying to keep alive. Do not under any circumstance attempt to smoke or an any way consume embalming fluid
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Very little. Bodies that have been "properly" embalmed can last for centuries with little or no change, and many caskets are made of durable materials that will prevent much change. Over the millenia, caskets may eventually turn to rust, exposing the corpse to groundwater, and groundwater will slowly diffuse embalming chemicals out of the body, allowing some biological decay to begin. Groundwater will also allow slow mineralization. Eventually, what does not decay will probably mineralize, creating a fossil surrounded by the metal oxides that remain from the casket. If you wait enough millions of years, perhaps the former cemetery will be buried under sediment deeply enough that the surrounding soil undergoes metamorphic changes, or is uplifted into mountains, or eroded away.
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How would an embalmed corpse in a casket look after two weeks Would everything be decomposed by then or not?
Embalming is a procedure the Funeral Home does to the body so that the corpse does not decompose but looks as it did when buried.
Does casket means a sequence of events?
No. A casket is the same as a coffin. It is the case that a dead body is buried in.
What happens if a body isn't embalmed I'm going to an open casket funeral and the body will not be embalmed nor will there be any make up etc it's weird the deceased died in a motorbike accident?
The body will have been refrigerated since death, therefor there will have been little deterioration. Also if you don't want to you don't have to go up to the coffin.
What would a body in a sealed coffin look like after two years?
A body that has been embalmed will look exactly the same as it looked when it was buried for about 100 years or more; if its not embalmed it will be decomposed.
Was Tiny LaVonda ultra-midget with Phocomelia Buried in a Childs casket Was her body donated to a museum?
I am her great neice she is buried in Bowling green mo. don't know about the casket
Was Robert E. Lee buried without shoes?
Because the casket used was a bit too small for his body
Did Jackie Kennedy have an open casket?
As I've heard the news accounts, I don't understand where and when he could possibly been embalmed, other than at home - and given the amount of equipment that would take, I don't seriously think that happened either. So maybe the better question would be whether individuals have to be embalmed in the State of Massachusetts. Now, we must realize that he was to be buried out of state, so I don't know how that affects the decision whether to embalm or not. In Louisiana I think the law is that a body must be embalmed unless the burial takes place within 24 hours of the death. Senator Kennedy's body will NOT be buried within 24 hours, but he did not die nor will he be buried in Louisiana. I would like to know more, though.
How did the children of Israel bring Joseph's back to the Promise land?
The Egyptians embalmed their honored dead, and Joseph was embalmed after he died. The Hebrews took Joseph's embalmed body back, wrapped up so it would not fall apart, or evaporate after decades in the desert. Today, dead people are often embalmed after they die so they can be transported a long distance from where they died to where they will be buried.
What happens to a body after its buried?
It probably decomposes underground.
What happens to the human body in a grave?
The moment you die your body starts to decay and your organs disintegrate after about a day.
Why white people get buried earlier then black people?
When someone is deprived of oxygen the skin turns bluish; this color change is less obvious if your skin is darker, because of amount of melanin in the skin. Since a white person has little melanin in the skin, the body will change color much sooner after death, so if the relatives want an open casket at the funeral, the body needs to be embalmed and buried within a few days or so.
How is a body embalmed?
by taking the organs out
