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Morgues are areas in hospitals and medical centers where the bodies of the deceased are stored and autopsied. Mortuaries are where the bodies of the deceased are prepared for funeral and burial.

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What is a synonym for morgue?

Mortuary


Who deals with your body after death?

the morgue or mortuary


What do you call someone who removes the corpse from the morgue?

A person who removes a corpse from the morgue is typically called a mortuary technician or a mortician.


What is the name of the place where dead bodies are burned?

A deceased person's body may be kept at the morgue (suspicious death, murder, etc). But all bodies are eventually at the mortuary (funeral home).


What is the occupational name of the person who transports dead bodies from places like nursing homes to the morgue?

mortuary transport driver


What is the name of the place where a body is taken for preparation for a funeral?

Mortuary or morgue- the preparation room.


Where do the search and rescue teams take the dead bodies?

Depends where you are, but usually to a mortuary.


What is the difference between a funeral home and a mortuary?

There is no difference. (I grew up on the east coast and we say funeral home. Now that I live in Los Angeles, it's called mortuary).


What is a one word substitute for a building where dead bodies are kept before burial?

It may be a mortuary, or the official location which is a morgue.


What is the temperature in a morgue?

The temperature in a morgue is typically kept between 36-40 degrees Fahrenheit (2-4 degrees Celsius) to slow down decomposition of bodies. This cold temperature helps preserve bodies until autopsies or other procedures can be conducted.


What is used in a morgue?

A morgue is a facility used to store and examine deceased bodies. It typically contains refrigeration units to preserve bodies, examination tables, tools for autopsies, and storage for personal effects. Staff in a morgue may include forensic pathologists, forensic scientists, and mortuary technicians.


Where do they keep dead people at a hospital?

In the morgue.Definitions of morgue on the Web: * a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremationwordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn * A morgue or mortuary is a building or room (as in a hospital) used for the storage of human remains.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgue * A place to where bodies found dead are removed and exposed pending identification by relatives.fcpr.fsu.edu/funeral/modules/financial/glossary.htm * A place where human remains are kept pending autopsy or identification.www.bonneywatson.com/_mgxroot/page_10906.php