body bags
Mortuary transport pouches
Body bags are zippered bags, usually of heavy plastic or rubber, used to transport human corpses.
They appear most often in contexts of war, disaster, or mass casualty events: The news showed body bags being loaded onto planes.
The image is stark enough that body bags often serve as shorthand for death tolls or military casualties: Politicians don't want to see body bags coming home.
- blackDarkest possible hue
- zipperToothed closure device
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- plasticCapable of being molded
- corpseDeceased human body
human remains · casualty · mass casualty · tag · stretcher · decomposition · military · cold · trocar · necrosis · grief counseling · disaster response · forensic · tragedy · vinyl · autopsy · transport · death
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
- forensic equipmentfingerprint kit, fingerprint powder, luminol, black light, black lights
- death investigationautopsy report, cause of death, death certificate, coroner's office, forensic pathologist
- mortuary equipmentembalming fluid, trocar, drainage tube, aspirator, prep table
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
body bagslife support
Systems maintaining vital functions
incubators · stretchers · ambulances · defibrillators · first aid kits
body bagsvictory parades
Celebratory marches for winners
rescue helicopters · reunion scenes · liberation · armistice · peace treaties
body bagscoffins
Boxes for burying bodies
caskets · urns · sarcophagi · mausoleums · burial shrouds