Mortuary Management — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: An autopsy may be performed at the site of recovery of the body, in the following scenarios :_____ExhumationDM orders

Answer: Advanced stage of putrefaction

Flashcard 2: The authorizing officer for autopsy in case of exhumation is a _____.

Answer: magistrate

Flashcard 3: _____ ballistics is the application of ballistics for forensic purposes.

Answer: Forensic

Flashcard 4: _____ is a method of identification through the examination of the unique details and characteristics found along the edges of individual fingerprint ridges.

Answer: Edgeoscopy

Flashcard 5: Which rule of thumb for estimating the time since death relates the decomposition rates in air, water, and soil in a 1:2:8 ratio?

Answer: Casper's dictum (ratio 1:2:8)

Extra: Casper's Dictum states that decomposition in Air : Water : Soil occurs in a ratio of 1:2:8 (i.e., a body decomposes as much in 1 week in air as it does in 2 weeks in water or 8 weeks buried in soil).

Flashcard 6: Autopsy by _____ technique is used in case of patients who died of hepatitis B or HIV.

Answer: Rokitansky