Death, Crime Scene Flashcards

1
Q

applying ligature around base of a finger with moderate tightness

A

magnus test

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2
Q

injection of fluorescin subQ

A

Icard’s

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3
Q

dehydration of whole body

A

mummification

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4
Q

chemical examination of blood with the use of H2O2 and guaiacum

A

Schombein’s test

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5
Q

chemical examination of blood with the use of phenophthalein

A

Kastle-Meyer’s test

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6
Q

microchemical test that yields brown crystal

A

Takayas test

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7
Q

best of microchemical test

A

Teichmann’s test

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8
Q

chemical examination of blood that yields acetone-hemin crystals

A

Wagenhaar result

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9
Q

chemical examination of bloow with use of white filter paper that yields blue color

A

Beuzidine test

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10
Q

What is suggillation?

A

Other term for secondary flaccidity

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11
Q

died of communicable disease, patient must be buried within____

A

12 hours

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12
Q

Those that putrefy early and late

A

page 140

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13
Q

post mortem lividity color

A

page 132

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14
Q

When a body is the subject matter of a criminal investigation, it may be exhumed

A

anytime

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15
Q

Any change for the position of the cadaver will not change the location of this type of cadaveric lividity

A

diffusion

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16
Q

A missing person is presumed dead if he is not heard from for

A

4 years

17
Q

An unembalmed body should be buried not later than: (if the person died as a result of a natural cause)

A

48 hours

18
Q

It is the prominence of the superficial veins with reddish discoloration due to the process of decomposition which develops on both flanks of the abdomen

A

marbolization

19
Q

The microorganisms that plays a dominant role in decomposition is

A

chlostridium welchi

20
Q

The principle used in the Magnus test for determining somatic death is

A

no change in color

21
Q

Permission to disinter remains of persons who died of dangerous communicable diseases maybe granted after a burial period of

A

5 years

22
Q

The most prominent sign of death is

A

progressive fall of the body temperature

23
Q
  1. Rigor mortis in the tropics lasts on the average for about how many hours
A

48-72 hours