Let’s see how after death our human body will decompose every second, every minute.
Did you know that around 150,000 people die every day in the world. This departure was the result of many factors: illness, sudden accident or simply due to old age.
But have you ever wondered what happens after you die? What will our body react to after death and how will our body break down?
1. Two distinct colors appear on the body
When a person dies, the heart stops beating and the blood in the body stops flowing. Instead, they settle in the lowest part of the body due to the action of gravity. Like a hematoma, the body exposed below will quickly turn pale purple. In contrast, parts of the upper body are diseased white, pale due to the uneven distribution of blood.
2. The facial muscles relax
When the heart stops beating, the muscles of the face are the first place to experience muscle relaxation, so that the disappearance of wrinkles in the forehead, eye sockets or cheeks will occur. It makes the skin of the dead face tighter and shinier.
3. The body begins to harden
After a few hours, the body continually lowers its temperature until it becomes stiff with ATP (molecules that carry energy to cells). Decreased ATP causes muscle bundles to harden, starting with the eyelids and neck muscles all the way through the body.
4. Corpse “in motion”
The frightening phenomenon that only seemed to be present in this horror film is when the muscle bundles lose ATP and start to harden. They will tend to stretch or contract depending on the direction of movement of the human body. This can happen hours after death, as more blood inside the body being pushed down and pushed up will make the body appear to be “moving” causing the phobia. for several people.
5. The corpse makes a sound
Although familiar with their profession, many forensic pathologists still share that they have been obsessed with this phenomenon for a long time. Because it’s not just about shrinking, our bodies will start to swell after death, like an air bubble. At that time, the mouth and anus will be the breathing points inside the body, creating frightening sounds and smells.
6. The intestine pushes waste and empties itself
The sphincter in the body’s digestive system will continue to function after the new body goes into a state of death and is unaffected by muscle contraction. This is because the sphincter is controlled by the brain, if the brain is dead, the sphincter system becomes looser and pushes all the waste out of the body, the intestines will become empty.
7. The smell breaks down
Horror movies with images of rotting corpses will never be as terrible as the real thing as we won’t feel the stench when rotting flesh. The smell of corpses occurs when dead enzyme releasing cells allow cells and molds to emerge and begin to break down cells in the body. This phenomenon emits harmful gases and a bad smell from there.
8. Insects and animals begin to “work”
Once the mold phenomenon appears on the bodies of the dead and begins to decompose, small insects such as flies and fireflies appear, laying eggs on the corpse. At this point, the maggots will process what is left over for a few weeks.
If this happens in the wild, ants, spiders, and scavengers will also participate in this terrifying process.
9. Exfoliation of the body
The skin layer is the epidermis that surrounds the muscle and the underlying fat, and they are thin and easy to break down. When the muscles and the fat have started to “melt”, the skin of the corpse also gradually tears and is gradually detached from the body.
10. The pupil protrudes from the eye sockets and the tongue is swollen
Due to the decomposition of dead human cells, human organs will create gas, these gases will cause the eyes to enlarge, the human protrusion out of the skull. Not only that, the tongue will also swell, pushing the oral cavity out and exposing it.
11. Finally the bones
Over the years, the bacteria and fungi will consume all of the final protein on the body of the deceased, including the protein in the bones, leaving hydroxyapatite – a fine powder form of calcium phosphate.
See how every part of the body changes after we die
