Medicolegal Autopsies — Flashcards

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 routinely used in medicolegal autopsies

Answer: I-shaped

Flashcard 15: What is the pH controller used in typical embalming fluid?

Answer: Borax (Sodium borate)

Flashcard 16: Cadaveric _____ indicates the time of death

Answer: Rigidity (Rigor mortis)

Flashcard 17: 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 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: 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).