Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Cadaveric spasm

Index Cadaveric spasm

Cadaveric spasm, also known as postmortem spasm, instantaneous rigor, cataleptic rigidity, or instantaneous rigidity, is a rare form of muscular stiffening that occurs at the moment of death and persists into the period of rigor mortis. [1]

14 relations: Actin, Adenosine triphosphate, Calcium, Death, Emotion, Erotic asphyxiation, Kurt Cobain, Myosin, Poaceae, Rigor mortis, Root, Sarcomere, Spasm, Weed.

Actin

Actin is a family of globular multi-functional proteins that form microfilaments.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Actin · See more »

Adenosine triphosphate

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a complex organic chemical that participates in many processes.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Adenosine triphosphate · See more »

Calcium

Calcium is a chemical element with symbol Ca and atomic number 20.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Calcium · See more »

Death

Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Death · See more »

Emotion

Emotion is any conscious experience characterized by intense mental activity and a certain degree of pleasure or displeasure.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Emotion · See more »

Erotic asphyxiation

Erotic asphyxiation or breath control play is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for the purposes of sexual arousal.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Erotic asphyxiation · See more »

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Kurt Cobain · See more »

Myosin

Myosins are a superfamily of motor proteins best known for their roles in muscle contraction and in a wide range of other motility processes in eukaryotes.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Myosin · See more »

Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Poaceae · See more »

Rigor mortis

Rigor mortis (Latin: rigor "stiffness", mortis "of death") or postmortem rigidity, the third stage of death, is one of the recognizable signs of death, caused by chemical changes in the muscles post mortem, which cause the limbs of the corpse to stiffen.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Rigor mortis · See more »

Root

In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Root · See more »

Sarcomere

A sarcomere (Greek sarx "flesh", meros "part") is the basic unit of striated muscle tissue.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Sarcomere · See more »

Spasm

A spasm is a sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ such as the heart.

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Spasm · See more »

Weed

A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place".

New!!: Cadaveric spasm and Weed · See more »

Redirects here:

Post mortem spasm, Postmortem spasm.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaveric_spasm

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »