Exsanguination (also known colloquially as bleeding out) is the fatal process of total hypovolemia (blood loss). In Physiology and Medicine, hypovolemia (also hypovolaemia is a state of decreased Blood volume more specifically decrease in volume of Blood plasma It is most commonly known as "bleeding to death". Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhaging / haemorrhaging (see American and British spelling differences) is the loss of Blood from The word itself originated from Latin: ex ("out of") and sanguis ("blood").

Slaughter of animals in meat industry

Exsanguination is used primarily in the meat industry, as a method of slaughter. In some places, before the incision is made, a device called a captive bolt is used. A captive bolt pistol (also variously known as a cattle gun, stunbolt gun, bolt gun, or stunner) is a device used for Stunning animals The device is placed against the skull of the animal, and penetrates to cause tissue destruction in the brain incapacitating the animal so that the procedure may take place. The brain is the center of the Nervous system in animals All Vertebrates and the majority of Invertebrates have a brain This procedure may not be used everywhere, and its use is forbidden for halal and kosher slaughter. Halal (حلال ḥalāl, halaal) is an Arabic term meaning permissible.

While the animal is incapacitated, a knife is fully inserted through the skin just behind the point of the jaw and below the neck bones. The jaw is either of the two opposable structures forming or near the entrance to the Mouth. From this position the knife is drawn forward severing the jugular vein, carotid artery, and trachea. The jugular veins are Veins that bring deoxygenated blood from the Head back to the heart via the Superior vena cava. In Human anatomy, the common carotid artery is an Artery that supplies the head and neck with Oxygenated blood; it divides in the neck to form the The traceartes, or windpipe, is a tube that has an inner diameter of about 20-25 mm and a length of about 10-16 cm in humans Properly performed, blood should flow freely with death occurring within a few minutes. Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific

Beyond the initial cost of purchasing a captive bolt, continued usage of the method is very inexpensive. The animal is incapacitated for the duration of the procedure, so it is one of the safest methods for the slaughterer.

Slaughter by exsanguination is mandated by Judaic kashrut and Islamic halal dietary laws. Kashrut (also kashruth or kashrus, he כַּשְׁרוּת refers to Jewish dietary laws. Halal (حلال ḥalāl, halaal) is an Arabic term meaning permissible. However, the captive bolt is forbidden in both religions.

Cause of human death

Exsanguination is a relatively uncommon and dramatic cause of death in humans. It might be more precise to say that exsanguination is a mode of death rather than a cause, since the fact of exsanguination will have some underlying cause. It is essentially bleeding to death. Exsanguination is a suicide method caused by cutting of arteries, notably: carotid, radial, brachial, ulnar, and femoral arteries. A suicide method is any means by which a person purposely kills himself or herself In Human anatomy, the common carotid artery is an Artery that supplies the head and neck with Oxygenated blood; it divides in the neck to form the In Human anatomy, the radial artery is the main Blood vessel, with oxygenated Blood, of the lateral aspect of the Forearm. The brachial artery is the major Blood vessel of the upper arm The ulnar artery is the main Blood vessel, with oxygenated Blood, of the Medial aspect of the Forearm. The femoral artery is a large Artery in the muscles of the Thigh.

Trauma (injury) can cause exsanguination if bleeding is not stymied. It is the most common cause of deaths on the battlefield (though the most common cause of death from battle is infection). Non-battlefield causes can include partial or complete amputation from use of circular saws (e. Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or Surgery. The circular saw is a Metal disc or Blade with Saw Teeth on the edge as well as the Machine that causes the disk to g. , hand-held circular saw, radial arm saw, table saw). A radial arm saw is a cutting machine consisting of a Circular saw mounted on a sliding horizontal arm A table saw or sawbench is the most common piece of large woodworking equipment

Patients can also develop catastrophic internal hemorrhages, such as from a bleeding peptic ulcer or splenic hemorrhage, which can cause exsanguination even without any external bleeding. Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhaging / haemorrhaging (see American and British spelling differences) is the loss of Blood from A peptic ulcer, also known as PUD or peptic ulcer disease, is an Ulcer (defined as mucosal erosions equal to or greater than 0 The spleen is an organ found in all Vertebrate animals In humans the spleen is located in the abdomen of the body where it functions in the destruction of redundant Red It is a relatively common cause of unexpected, sudden death in patients who seemed previously well.

Alcoholics can also suffer from exsanguination. Thin-walled dilated veins just below the lower esophageal mucosa called esophageal varices may ulcerate or be torn ("Mallory-Weiss syndrome") during the violent vomiting of the alcohol leading to massive bleeding and sometimes exsanguination. In Medicine ( Gastroenterology) esophageal varices are extremely dilated sub-mucosal Veins in the Esophagus. Mallory-Weiss syndrome refers to bleeding from tears (a Mallory-Weiss tear) in the Mucosa at the junction of the Stomach and Esophagus, usually

See also

• Desanguination
• Slaughterhouse

In Physiology and Medicine, hypovolemia (also hypovolaemia is a state of decreased Blood volume more specifically decrease in volume of Blood plasma A slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (from the French verb abattre, "to strike down" or freezing works ( New Zealand

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