Forensic Toxicology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The snake in the given image is a sea snake, and its venom is _____toxic.

Answer: myo

Flashcard 2: Systemic poisons: No answer _____

Answer: :)

Flashcard 3: Corrosive poisons: No answer _____

Answer: :)

Flashcard 4: All parts of Nerium odorum are poisonous, except the _____.

Answer: roots

Flashcard 5: Irritant poisons: No answer _____

Answer: :)

Flashcard 6: Name the following poisonous plant: _____

Answer: Papaver somniferum

Flashcard 7: The given image is leaves and flowers of _____

Answer: Ricinus communis

Flashcard 8: Curve C indicates which compound poisoning? _____

Answer: Carbon monoxide

Flashcard 9: Following are the seeds of? _____

Answer: Arbus precatorius

Flashcard 10: The given plant is _____.

Answer: Argemone mexicana

Flashcard 11: Which plant do the following seeds belong to? _____

Answer: Semecarpus anacardium

Flashcard 12: The following is a flower of? _____

Answer: Calotropis gigantea

Flashcard 13: Identify the following snake: _____

Answer: King cobra

Flashcard 14: _____ egg floats in water

Answer: rotten

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Flashcard 15: _____ toxin in mustard oil causes epidemic dropsy

Answer: sanguinarine

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Flashcard 16: 1. Identify & Use  → _____

Answer: Paris green, Larval poison, Stomach poison

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Flashcard 17: _____ toxin causes endemic ascites

Answer: pyrrolizidine

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Flashcard 18: _____ is stomach poison to larvae

Answer: paris green

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Flashcard 19: The family _____, is responsible for many reported cyanide poisonings

Answer: Rosaceae

Flashcard 20: _____ is commonly used as a cattle poison in the form of 'suis'.

Answer: Abrus precatorius

Flashcard 21: Paris green has _____ as its active component and is a stomach poison

Answer: copper acetoarsenite

Flashcard 22: _____ is commonly referred to as poison hemlock.

Answer: Conium maculatum

Flashcard 23: _____ (men) occurs with the bite or ingestion of the spanish fly

Answer: Priapism

Flashcard 24: The _____ of the castor oil plant contain the highest amount of the toxalbumin.

Answer: seeds

Flashcard 25: _____ is the science dealing with properties, actions, toxicity, fatal dose, detection and estimation of poisons.

Answer: Toxicology

Flashcard 26: _____ phosphorus is poisonous, while red phosphorus is not. (white/red)

Answer: White

Flashcard 27: _____ urine is seen in carbolic acid poisoning.

Answer: Olive green

Flashcard 28: Active poison of _____ is Cantharidin

Answer: spanish fly

Flashcard 29: _____ appearance of skin is seen in poisoning with boric acid.

Answer: Boiled lobster

Flashcard 30: _____ occurs because of ingestion of unripe ackee fruit

Answer: Jamaican vomitting sickness

Flashcard 31: Cannabis preperation:_____ is made from dried leaves and fruit shoots

Answer: Bhang

Flashcard 32: Mickey Finn is a drink laced with _____ and chloral hydrate

Answer: Alcohol

Flashcard 33: _____ poisoning case may resemble tetanus.

Answer: Strychnine

Flashcard 34: _____ discolouration of stomach mucosa can be seen with Sodium amytal and Copper Sulphate

Answer: Bluish

Flashcard 35: Putrefaction is delayed in death by poisons such as _____, arsenic, carbolic acid (phenol).

Answer: antimony

Flashcard 36: Black gunpowder contains, _____, Charcoal and sulpher

Answer: KNO3

Flashcard 37: _____ is a bluish-white solution of 4% HCN in water.

Answer: Scheele's acid

Flashcard 38: The venom from scorpion sting can be either _____ or neurotoxic

Answer: hemolytic

Flashcard 39: The roots of the _____ plant resemble horseradish roots

Answer: aconite

Flashcard 40: _____ is commonly referred to as rosary pea.

Answer: Arbus precatorius

Flashcard 41: The _____ and fruit of Datura stramonium are poisonous

Answer: flower

Flashcard 42: _____ sign is characteristic of ethanol toxicity, seen at BAC levels >250 mg%.

Answer: McEwan's

Flashcard 43: _____and organic compounds of Fluorine satisfy the criteria for an ideal homicidal poison.

Answer: Thallium

Flashcard 44: The snake family _____ consists of Pit viper and Russel viper

Answer: Viperidae

Flashcard 45: Hydrofluoric acid poisoning leads to _____calcemia and hypomagnesemia

Answer: hypo

Flashcard 46: _____ is the burning pain seen in gangrene caused by ergot poisoning.

Answer: St Anthony's fire

Flashcard 47: _____ method is a Chemical method to assess blood alcohol levels

Answer: Widmark

Flashcard 48: Cannabis preperation:_____ is made from resin exuding from leaves and stem

Answer: Hashish/Charas

Flashcard 49: In deaths due to poisoning from HCN, rigor mortis sets in _____ and persists longer.

Answer: early

Flashcard 50: All tissues coming into contact with _____ acid turn jet black in color

Answer: sulphuric

Flashcard 51: _____ is commonly referred to as white oleander.

Answer: Nerium odorum

Flashcard 52: _____ is commonly referred to as monkshood.

Answer: Aconite

Flashcard 53: Chronic OP toxicity manifests itself usually as _____ sensorimotor axonopathy.

Answer: symmetrical

Flashcard 54: _____ (pink disease) is a feature of mercury poisoning,

Answer: Acrodynia

Flashcard 55: _____ is commonly referred to as castor bean.

Answer: Ricinus communis

Flashcard 56: Cannabis preperation:_____ is made from flower tops

Answer: Ganja

Flashcard 57: Smoke from burning plant carries the toxic material in _____

Answer: Nerium odorum (name)

Flashcard 58: Does swallowing mercury contained in a glass thermometer (elemental mercury) produce adverse effects?_____

Answer: No

Flashcard 59: Phosphorus, arsenic, thallium, and zinc phosphide are known to be associated with a _____-like odour

Answer: garlic

Flashcard 60: What is the toxic alkaloid responsible for epidemic dropsy?_____

Answer: Sanguinarine

Flashcard 61: In acute poisoning with _____, the vomitus and stools will be luminous in the dark.

Answer: phosphorus

Flashcard 62: _____ is the most toxic arsenical.

Answer: Arsine gas

Flashcard 63: _____ acts as a poison by binding to sulfhydryl groups on enzymes (eg. glutathione metabolism)

Answer: Mercury (Not Arsenic)

Flashcard 64: The _____ are the most poisonous part of the Aconite

Answer: roots

Flashcard 65: What is the fatal period of Aconite poisoning?_____

Answer: 2-6 hours

Flashcard 66: Lee-Jones test is used to test for the presence of _____

Answer: cyanide

Flashcard 67: What is the toxic part of Papaver somniferum?_____

Answer: Unripe fruit capsule

Flashcard 68: The given plant is _____.

Answer: Argemone mexicana

Flashcard 69: Following are the seeds of? _____

Answer: Arbus precatorius

Flashcard 70: Which poisonous plant can be detected even from a burnt dead body as it resists heat?_____

Answer: Nerium odorum

Flashcard 71: What is the antidote for aconite poisoning?_____

Answer: Atropine

Flashcard 72: _____ is the most reliable method for the assessment of blood alcohol levels.

Answer: Gas-liquid chromatography

Flashcard 73: The minimum blood alcohol concentration to cause impairment of driving skills is _____ mg/dL.

Answer: 30-50

Flashcard 74: Two large fang marks are characteristically seen in _____ scales

Answer: poisonous (poisonous/non-poisonous)

Flashcard 75: _____ can be detected even in conflagrated human bones.

Answer: Arsenic (Metal)

Flashcard 76: What is the most common mode of absorption in lead poisoning?_____

Answer: Inhalation of fumes

Flashcard 77: Which snakes have a myotoxic venom?_____

Answer: Sea snakes

Flashcard 78: _____ is commonly used for suicidal purposes - ideal suicidal agent.

Answer: Cyanide

Flashcard 79: What is the best specimen for cyanide poisoning?_____

Answer: spleen

Flashcard 80: Name the following poisonous plant: _____

Answer: Papaver somniferum

Flashcard 81: _____ is commonly used as a road or railway platform poison.

Answer: Datura

Flashcard 82: Horizontal gaze nystagmus is positive for BAC of _____ mg%

Answer: 80

Flashcard 83: What toxins are present in unripe ackee fruit?_____

Answer: Hypoglycin A and B (2)

Flashcard 84: Which plant do the following seeds belong to? _____

Answer: Semecarpus anacardium

Flashcard 85: Carbon monoxide poisoning is fatal above carboxyhemoglobin levels of _____%.

Answer: 60

Flashcard 86: Is the smell of bitter almonds is a consistent finding in HCN poisoning?_____

Answer: No

Flashcard 87: A sample of heroin adulterated with strychnine is also called as a _____

Answer: hot-shot

Flashcard 88: Subacute selenosis is also known as _____ type.

Answer: blind staggers

Flashcard 89: What test is used for definitive diagnosis of arsenic poisoning?_____

Answer: 24 hour urinary arsenic

Flashcard 90: What is the most sensitive method for detecting argemone oil?_____

Answer: Paper chromatography

Flashcard 91: The _____ of the flower of Nerium odorum yields poisonous honey

Answer: nectar

Flashcard 92: If the baseline urinary levels is within normal limits and arsenic intoxication is still suspected, what would be the next step?_____

Answer: Hair and nail clippings harvested for laboratory analysis.

Flashcard 93: Which snakes have a vasculotoxic venom?_____

Answer: Vipers

Flashcard 94: Color of post mortem hypostasis in case of opium poisoning is _____.

Answer: black/grayish

Flashcard 95: Color of post mortem hypostasis in case of phosphorus poisoning is _____.

Answer: dark brown

Flashcard 96: Fatal dose of Strychnine is _____ mg or one crushed seed

Answer: 15-30

Flashcard 97: The characteristic finding of aconite toxicity is _____

Answer: numbness and tingling

Flashcard 98: Which poison can be used in low doses for respiratory stimulation?_____

Answer: Strychnine

Flashcard 99: Boiled lobster appearance of hands is seen in poisoning with _____ acid

Answer: Boric

Flashcard 100: Lead sulphide is considered the _____ toxic among the lead compounds.

Answer: least

Flashcard 101: Blackfoot disease is seen in chronic _____ poisoning.

Answer: Arsenic

Flashcard 102: All parts of Nerium odorum are poisonous, except the _____.

Answer: roots

Flashcard 103: A _____ solution is used commonly for the preservation of viscera in toxicology autopsy.

Answer: saturated salt