Medicolegal Autopsies — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: antecedent causes of death is part _____ of death certificate

Answer: 1b,c,d...

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Flashcard 2: fresh fish has _____ eyes

Answer: clear

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Flashcard 3: part _____ of death certificate indicates immediate cause of death

Answer: 1a

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Flashcard 4: Rate of cooling after death is more in _____ and old people (demographic)

Answer: children

Flashcard 5: _____ phenomenon is elicited in quadriceps femoris muscle following death

Answer: Zasko's

Flashcard 6: Difference between bruises and post-mortem lividity is that margins are _____ and staining is not uniform and there is no area of contact pallor in the former.

Answer: irregular

Flashcard 7: The first external sign of putrefaction is _____ discolouration of skin over the region of the caecum.

Answer: greenish

Flashcard 8: During an autopsy, it is essential to release the blood in the _____ before dissecting the neck to avoid or reduce artefactual haemorrhages that can occur in the region.

Answer: venous system

Flashcard 9: 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 10: In the _____ technique, the individual organs are removed one by one from the body

Answer: Virchow

Flashcard 11: Chicken fat clots refer to the clots that are formed _____ death.

Answer: after (before/after)

Flashcard 12: Rigor mortis is most pronounced when the ATP level is reduced to _____% of the normal.

Answer: 15

Flashcard 13: What is the buffer used in typical embalming fluid?_____

Answer: Sod. borate

Flashcard 14: _____ incision is routinedly used in medicolegal autopsies

Answer: I-shaped

Flashcard 15: If a cadaver is recovered in a state of putrefaction and is infested with maggots, time since death can be assessed to be _____ days.

Answer: 3 to 5

Flashcard 16: What is the pH controller used in typical embalming fluid?_____

Answer: Sod. chloride

Flashcard 17: Cadaveric _____ indicates the time of death

Answer: rigidity (spasm/rigidity)

Flashcard 18: _____ incision is used to dissect out subcutaneous tissues in the back to identify and evaluate the extent of blunt injuries.

Answer: Elongated X-shaped

Flashcard 19: Colour of postmortem staining in CO poisoning is _____.

Answer: cherry red

Flashcard 20: _____ is used in estimation of time since death.

Answer: Casper dictum (Forensic rule of thumb)

Flashcard 21: In cases of suspected cyanide poisoning, which cavity should be opened first?_____

Answer: Cranial cavity

Flashcard 22: In case of a medicolegal autopsy, consent of the relatives _____ required.

Answer: is not (is/is not)

Flashcard 23: _____ rule describes the sequential onset of rigor mortis in the various muscle groups.

Answer: Nysten's

Flashcard 24: _____ incision is preferred in females for autopsy

Answer: Y shaped

Flashcard 25: If the cause of death remains unknown even after detailed laboratory investigations, it is known as _____ autopsy.

Answer: negative

Flashcard 26: Tests for confirming cessation of breathing:_____ test  no movement of surface of water in bowl kept on the chest.

Answer: Winslows

Flashcard 27: What is the cosmetic used in typical embalming fluid?_____

Answer: 1% eosin

Flashcard 28: Autopsy by _____ technique is used in case of patients who died of hepatitis B or HIV.

Answer: Rokitansky