The basic morphological changes and estimation of the time since death in decomposed corpse were reviewed according to environment as in air, immersion and burial.
Postmortem decomposition is the late sing of death, a mixed process of corruption by the individual cell and tissue autolysis, putrefaction introduced by bacteria and fungi, inset larvae and animal predators, and includes unusual postmortem
changes
such
as adipocere formation and mummification. Since the essential processes of putrefaction are dependent on the presence of organisms, the degree of decomposition is markedly influenced by several factors such as the temperature of the circumstance
to
which the corpse is exposed, presence of moisture, presence of clothing, invasion of insect larvae, state of the body, cause of death and others. So the estimate of the time scale for composed body should be performed in careful consideration of
the
influences of these factors.
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