lumbar vertebrae the five vertebrae between the thoracic vertebrae and the sacrum. vertebra magÂ´na the sacrum. odontoid vertebra the second cervical vertebra, or axis. vertebra plaÂ´na a condition of spondylitis in which the body of the vertebra is reduced to a sclerotic disk.
Generally, in the early stages of drowning, very little water enters the lungs: a small amount of water entering the trachea causes a muscular spasm that seals the airway and prevents the passage of both air and water until unconsciousness occurs.
What A Forensic Scientist Doesnât Tell You: 7 Postmortem Responses Of A Dead Body. No, your hair and fingernails do not continue to grow after you die. But your skin cells live for days, your muscles may twitch, and in the rarest cases, pregnant women may even give birth after they've died.