Which of the following is the Nysten's law:
Nysten's rule: It is a sequential development of rigor mois in the body after death. Sequence of appearance: Eyelids, Neck & lower jaw, then Face, Chest Muscles, Upper Limb, Abdomen, Lower limb and lastly Fingers and Toes. Rigor disappears in the same sequence cadaveric rigidity first appears in involuntary muscles; the myocardium becomes rigid in an hour. cadaveric rigidity first seen in myocardium than eye lid but first external site of cadaveric rigidity is eyelid.
Cadaveric rigidity does not appear in living people
Cadaveric rigidity appears faster in older and the young than in the middle age
Cadaveric rigidity occurs in men earlier than in the women
Cadaveric rigidity affect successively the masticatory muscles, those of the face and the neck, those of the trunk and arms and finally those of the lower limbs
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