The root word of "mortuary" is "mort," which comes from the Latin word "mors" meaning death.

Post-mortem care is important as it ensures the deceased is treated with dignity and respect, provides closure for the family, and helps prevent the spread of infection or disease. It also prepares the body for any examinations or further procedures that may be necessary.

A pathologist may be able to determine if a woman has given birth based on changes in the body such as stretch marks on the uterus or scarring from previous childbirth. However, any such determination would be highly dependent on the condition of the body and the presence of relevant physical evidence.

No, once a person has been embalmed, they are deceased and cannot come back to life. Embalming is a preservation process that is performed on deceased individuals to slow down the decomposition process for viewing purposes.

Mummification is the process, whether deliberate or on accident, of the long term preservation of a dead body. The term mummification implies a high degree of preservation, as opposed to the short term preservation methods generally used today.

This will depend on whether the decedent was under hospice care. If he was you would call the hospice nurse, who would come in and pronounce the patient. If you find a person dead and he's not under hospice care, then you would call 911. They will send a team of paramedics to come in and pronounce the patient. If the patient died naturally, the officer who responded to the scene will have you called the funeral home and wait with you until it comes over to the house to make the removal.

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If the person dies and a doctor is not present, then the coroners office will respond if you call the police.

The body would decompose quite quickly and they'd probably have to dispose of the body without a funeral. There would be the telltale smell of rotting meat, and flies would be evident around the body.

Moral of this story: Choose the undertaker with care!

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Mummification was important because the Egyptians thought that they would need their bodies when they passed on to the after-life so they mummified their bodies.

They got preserved and put into jars to accompany them into the afterlife

Mummification shortened into five steps would be the following. Remove and dry, and jar the internal organs, rinse the body in wine, dry it with salt, wrap the body and place in the sarcophagus.

ancient Egyptians, the pharaoh (being mummified, now dead), and the gods

The heart was considered more important to facing the afterlife than the brain. The brain would be mashed by stirring with a metal prong inserted through the nose, and the brain hooked out and discarded.

Because of Isis. When Seth murdered his brother Osiris, he cut his body into pieces before he hid them in 14 different locations. Isis found the body parts and put them together to make the first mummy. She protected it with amulets and spells.

It didn't. It only happened to dead people, who didn't affect anything thereafter. It's affected our view of history by providing evidence of lifestyles, beliefs and funerary practices. But that's different.

Most were found in graves.

When a person dies, circulation stops within a couple minutes after the last heart beat. Blood still in the vessels does not flow. Without circulation, the face becomes a pale blue-gray and even finger nails can show a blue-gray cast.

This is called cremation. In the United States human remains must be cremated in some type of cremation container, which can range from a cardboard box to a casket, either which must have a lid.

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Most states require a somewhat-clean criminal record to be considered for licensure. My state will allow a misdemeanor, but no felonies. However, there is an appeal process. It is through this appeal process that one could, after being denied a Funeral Director license, plead his or her case to the board and see what happens. Short answer: No.

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This depends upon the trajectory of death, and whether or not the bowels and bladder had any contents. But when a person dies such muscles are released immediately, so would bowel and bladder content.