What is it called when the body has movement after death?

Answer 1

For the human body, the physiological consequences of death follow a recognized sequence through early changes into bloating, then decay to changes after decay and finally skeletal remains.

Soon after death (15–120 minutes depending on various factors), the body begins to cool (algor mortis), becomes pallid (pallor mortis), and internal sphincter muscles relax, leading to the release of urine, feces, and stomach contents if the body is moved. The blood moves to pool in the lowest parts of the body, livor mortis (dependent lividity), within 30 minutes and then begins to coagulate. The body experiences muscle stiffening (rigor mortis) which peaks at around 12 hours after death and is gone in another 24 (depending on temperature) as enzymes begin to break down the tissues. Within a day, the body starts to show signs of decomposition (decay), both autolytic changes and from 'attacking' organisms—bacteria, fungi, insects, mammalian scavengers, etc. Internally, the body structures begin to collapse, the skin loses integration with the underlying tissues, and bacterial action creates gases which cause bloating and swelling. The rate of decay is enormously variable and depends on numerous factors. Thus, a body may be reduced to skeletal remains in days, though it is possible under certain conditions for remains to stay largely intact for many years.

Answer 2

The energy for muscle contraction is derived from ATP. ATP is used in cross-bridges that pull the muscle fibers together for contraction. Without ATP in this process you get rigor mortis.

When a person passes, many of their physiological activities are still doing work until the no longer can. As a result, you can get tempermental twitching of muscles shortly after death. This is essentailly the existing ATP in the body fulfilling its work.

Answer 3

A breath after death is called a tidal breath. I don't know what you would call a movement. Are you thinking of something specific, or could it be rigimortis setting in and just stiffening ?? Did you know rigimortis doesn't last??

Answer 4

Read the book "Stiff" It tells you all the wonderful things that happen to dead body in all types of situations from the onset of death to the end.

Answer 5

It means the person has become a Zombie

Answer 6

it is just because of the worms crawling under the dead skin.
And because of the gas growing inside the belly.

:-)

Answer 7

Quitting time.