Asphyxial Deaths — Flashcards

_____ spots are Subpleural haemorrhages that probably reflect haemolysis within intra-alveolar haemorrhages, seen as autopsy findings in drowning.

_____ indicates antemortem hanging

Hint: Eye sign

Damage to the laryngeal structures is _____ in manual strangulation, than in ligature strangulation.

In _____ hanging, the knot of the ligature is on the backside of the neck.

_____ is a combination of smothering and traumatic asphyxia.

_____ asphyxiants includes inert gases that displace Oxygen

_____ is the term used for drowning in cold water.

_____ sign, seen in hanging - haemorrhages on the anterior aspects of intervertebral disks.

Particularly vulnerable structures in manual strangulation are the four cornuae or horns - _____ horns and Superior Thyroid horns.

_____ due to neck pressure includes hanging and strangulation (which can be ligature or manual).