Why does someone die immediatlely after his throat is cut ?!
Question:
Why does someone die immediatlely after his throat is cut ?
You'll see this in lots of movies or video games. The hero sneaks up behind a guard and cuts his throat. The guard is instantly incapicitated and can not yell for help.
Wouln't someone still be able to live for like(say 30 min) ?
Why can't they scream,(or can they.)?
Now, I'm not talkign about someone cutting through the neck, just slicing the "bad guy's" throat.
Is it possible for someone to live (at least for a little while) after getting his throath sliced.
/*/ Not that I'm planning anything, I was just studying biology this weekend, and this question came up to me.
Answers:
Major artories are severed so you bleed out immediatley and you get no blood to the brain. Also your voice chords also get severed making it so you cannot speak. Since blood is not able to circulate properly your heart does not pump which stops the blood moving to your lungs which makes your lungs not work. Either way you die!