Injuries and Their Significance — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: Negative vital reaction is seen in a(n) _____-mortem wound

Answer: Post-mortem

Extra: Vital reaction is the response of living tissue to trauma (e.g., inflammation, bleeding, healing). • **Positive vital reaction:** Indicates the injury occurred while the person was alive (**antemortem**). • **Negative vital reaction:** Indicates the injury occurred after death (**post-mortem**).

Flashcard 62: _____ ballistics deals with the behaviour of the projectile after leaving the barrel.

Answer: Exterior

Flashcard 63: Shotgun is a _____ weapon (rifled/smooth barreled)

Answer: smooth barrel

Flashcard 64: When the bullet hits an intervening object and enters the body obliquely, it is called as a _____

Answer: ricochet

Flashcard 65: Can a rifled weapon produce damage by cavitation effect?_____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 66: Belly scales are small and do not cover the entire belly in _____ snakes (poisonous/non poisonous)

Answer: non-poisonous

Flashcard 67: _____ can be used to produce fake bruises.

Answer: Semecarpus anacardium

Flashcard 68: The phenomenon where the long axis of a bullet deviates from its path of flight (trajectory) is known as:

Answer: Yawing

Extra: Yaw refers to the deviation of the long axis of a bullet from its line of flight (trajectory). As yaw increases, the bullet may eventually "tumble" (rotate 180 degrees). Yawing increases air resistance and can lead to larger or more irregular entry wounds.

Flashcard 69: Female partner amputating penis of her male partner by sharp object is known as _____ syndrome

Answer: Bobbitt syndrome

Flashcard 70: Can a Shotgun produce damage by cavitation effect?_____

Answer: No