i have heard that after death your hair and nails continue to grow due to electrical "shocks" the brain continues to transmit through out the body and i was wondering if it were true.
2006-06-29 16:43:35 · 23 answers · asked by damian gee 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes, darling. It is true. Once your brain is gone, it will stop growing and you eventually turn into worm food.
2006-06-29 16:45:34 · answer #1 · answered by tingaling 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do, but not for the reason you describe. The hair and nail cells require little nourishment from the blood and can continue to work after the body has ceased. Basically, as they divide, hair and nails seem to 'grow.'
It doesn't last very long, though.
The effect is exaggerated as the skin around these areas dehydrates and retracts a little.
2006-06-29 16:47:12 · answer #2 · answered by Brewfun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Damien, after death there is no actual growth of hair and nails as there is no nutrition and as brain stops working, no orders either! But it is kind of true if we look at it in the sense that the exposed part of them increases. It is because the skin shrinks and thus the hair and nails inside the skin get exposed. Do you get it now?
2006-06-29 16:57:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, all growth stops at death.In corpses the hair and fingernails appear to grow because the soft tissue like skin begins to decay and shrinks back from the nail causing them to look longer. When you are dead, everything on you is dead. Hair and nails are slower to decay than flesh
2006-06-29 16:49:02 · answer #4 · answered by peacelovejoy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does continue to grow.
Also if you drive thru a graveyard, your station on your radio will get fuzzy. That's because the static electricity coming from the corpses hair is being transmitted thru your radio. It's true!
2006-06-29 16:47:30 · answer #5 · answered by MissT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember hearing that it seems to be true but it is an illusion. The skin dehydrates and tightens during decomposition. As it retracts closer to the bone, the fingernails and hairs protrude more. This makes it look like they have grown but they have not. These structures are produced by living cells only.
2006-06-29 16:45:41 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it isn't. As others have mentioned they appear to grow as the skin surrounding the hair and nails shrinks due to a loss of water.
2006-06-29 17:08:57 · answer #7 · answered by pestkaj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer for lengthy sessions of time. Your hair and fingernails proceed to strengthen out for no extra then a week after lack of existence. the boom is so insignificant that it would maximum in all probability no longer also be seen. the boom that you spot is only the exterior shrinking and decomposing to make the hair and fingernails look to have grown more advantageous than they extremely have.
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2016-05-15 00:43:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your body's cells continue to live past your death until all of your body's reserved resources dry up. that includes hair and nails.
2006-06-29 16:57:32 · answer #10 · answered by noyb o 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋