Asphyxial Deaths — MCQs

During autopsy of a 65-year-old man who collapsed while eating dinner at home, a foreign body (food bolus) is found obstructing the larynx with no other injuries. The manner of death is:

Which of the following is a feature of manual strangulation?

The dead body of a 20 year old man found in the sea was brought in for postmortem examination. Which of the following findings would you see in seawater drowning? 1. Hemoconcentration 2. Pulmonary edema 3. Hyponatremia 4. Hypernatremia 5. Hemolysis

A 42-year-old man is found hanging from a ceiling beam with a rope around his neck. At autopsy, which of the following findings would be most consistent with suicidal hanging rather than homicidal strangulation?

Immersion syndrome is also known as?

All are true about the cartilage shown in the figure except: (Recent NEET Pattern 2016-17)

Which enzyme is responsible for converting ethanol to acetaldehyde in alcohol metabolism?

A 20-year-old male was found dead at home. His family claimed the cause of death was sudden myocardial infarction. What is the best test to distinguish an antemortem clot from a post-mortem clot?