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  2. Decapitation - Wikipedia

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    Less commonly, decapitation can also refer to the removal of the head from a body that is already dead. This might be done to take the head as a trophy , as a secondary stage of an execution by hanging, for public display , to make the deceased more difficult to identify, for cryonics , or for other, more esoteric reasons.

  3. Stages of human death - Wikipedia

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    Technique: Body cooling (measure body cooling to estimate time since death) Pigs: stages of body cooling after death. In pigs, the decrease in body temperature occurs in the eyeball, orbit soft tissue, rectum, and muscle tissue. [29] Up to 13 hours after death, eyeball cooling in pigs provides a reasonable estimate of time since death. [30]

  4. Livor mortis - Wikipedia

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    The blood pools into the interstitial tissues of the body. The intensity of the color depends upon the amount of reduced haemoglobin in the blood. The discoloration does not occur in the areas of the body that are in contact with the ground or another object, in which capillaries are compressed.

  5. Deadheading - Wikipedia

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    Deadheading can refer to the following: Dead mileage, the movement of commercial vehicles in non-revenue mode for logistical reasons; Deadheading (flowers), the pruning of dead flower heads; Deadheading (employee), carrying, free of charge, a transport company's own staff on a normal passenger trip

  6. Thanatology - Wikipedia

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    Autopsy (1890) by Enrique Simonet. Thanatology is the scientific study of death and the losses brought about as a result. It investigates the mechanisms and forensic aspects of death, such as bodily changes that accompany death and the postmortem period, as well as wider psychological and social aspects related to death.

  7. Development of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Human embryonic development refers to the development and formation of the human embryo. It is characterised by the process of cell division and cellular differentiation of the embryo that occurs during the early stages of development. In biological terms, human development entails growth from a one-celled zygote to an adult human being.

  8. Here's Why You Need to Be Deadheading Plant in Your ... - AOL

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    Deadheading your plants—clipping off the spent blossoms—is a super-easy way to encourage flowers to bloom more. Here are some tips on how to deadhead correctly.

  9. Injury in humans - Wikipedia

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    An injury is any physiological damage to living tissue [1] caused by immediate physical stress. Injuries to humans can occur intentionally or unintentionally and may be caused by blunt trauma, penetrating trauma, burning, toxic exposure, asphyxiation, or overexertion.