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Morgues are areas in hospitals and medical centers where the bodies of the deceased are stored and autopsied. Mortuaries are where the bodies of the deceased are prepared for funeral and burial.
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What is a synonym for morgue?
Mortuary
What are antonyms of morgue?
mortuary
Who deals with your body after death?
the morgue or mortuary
What do you call someone who removes the corpse from the morgue?
A person who removes a corpse from the morgue is typically called a mortuary technician or a mortician.
What is the name of the place where dead bodies are burned?
A deceased person's body may be kept at the morgue (suspicious death, murder, etc). But all bodies are eventually at the mortuary (funeral home).
What is the occupational name of the person who transports dead bodies from places like nursing homes to the morgue?
mortuary transport driver
What is the name of the place where a body is taken for preparation for a funeral?
Mortuary or morgue- the preparation room.
Where do the search and rescue teams take the dead bodies?
Depends where you are, but usually to a mortuary.
What is the difference between a funeral home and a mortuary?
There is no difference. (I grew up on the east coast and we say funeral home. Now that I live in Los Angeles, it's called mortuary).
What is a one word substitute for a building where dead bodies are kept before burial?
It may be a mortuary, or the official location which is a morgue.
What is the temperature in a morgue?
The mortuary cold chamber is used to keep the deceased as long as is necessary for identification purposes, post-mortemexamination, or while awaiting burial. Morgue - Morgue or mortuary cold chamber There are two types of mortuary cold chambers: * Morgue - Positive temperature +2/+4 °C (35.6°/39.2°F) which is the most usual for keeping the bodies a few days or a few weeks, but does not prevent decomposition of the corpse, which continues, albeit at a slow rate. * Morgue - Negative temperature -15°C/-25 °C (5°/-13°F) which is usual in forensic institutes, especially for bodies which have not yet been identified. At these temperatures, the body is completely frozen and decomposition totally halted. The mortuary cold chamber is used to keep the deceased as long as is necessary for identification purposes, post-mortemexamination, or while awaiting burial. Morgue - Morgue or mortuary cold chamber There are two types of mortuary cold chambers: * Morgue - Positive temperature +2/+4 °C (35.6°/39.2°F) which is the most usual for keeping the bodies a few days or a few weeks, but does not prevent decomposition of the corpse, which continues, albeit at a slow rate. * Morgue - Negative temperature -15°C/-25 °C (5°/-13°F) which is usual in forensic institutes, especially for bodies which have not yet been identified. At these temperatures, the body is completely frozen and decomposition totally halted.
What is used in a morgue?
A morgue is a facility used to store and examine deceased bodies. It typically contains refrigeration units to preserve bodies, examination tables, tools for autopsies, and storage for personal effects. Staff in a morgue may include forensic pathologists, forensic scientists, and mortuary technicians.
