True about cadaveric spasm :
A. Develops immediately after deathB. May develop hours after death
C. Develops only in facial muscles
D. Involves individual/small group of muscles
E. Whole body is never involved
Answer. A. Develops
immediately after death ; (D) Involves individual/small group of muscles :
•
Cadaveric spasm is the stiffening of muscles immediately after death without being
preceded by a stage of primary’
relaxation. It commonly involves groups of muscles such as forearm and hands. But in some cases, when there has been extreme nervous
tension, the whole body may be
affected.
• Rigor Mortis develop hours (2-3) after death, involve both voluntary and involuntory muscles, occur in all deaths,
muscle contraction is less marked and only moderate force required to break it.
