Death, Crime Scene Flashcards
applying ligature around base of a finger with moderate tightness
magnus test
injection of fluorescin subQ
Icard’s
dehydration of whole body
mummification
chemical examination of blood with the use of H2O2 and guaiacum
Schombein’s test
chemical examination of blood with the use of phenophthalein
Kastle-Meyer’s test
microchemical test that yields brown crystal
Takayas test
best of microchemical test
Teichmann’s test
chemical examination of blood that yields acetone-hemin crystals
Wagenhaar result
chemical examination of bloow with use of white filter paper that yields blue color
Beuzidine test
What is suggillation?
Other term for secondary flaccidity
died of communicable disease, patient must be buried within____
12 hours
Those that putrefy early and late
page 140
post mortem lividity color
page 132
When a body is the subject matter of a criminal investigation, it may be exhumed
anytime
Any change for the position of the cadaver will not change the location of this type of cadaveric lividity
diffusion
A missing person is presumed dead if he is not heard from for
4 years
An unembalmed body should be buried not later than: (if the person died as a result of a natural cause)
48 hours
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
marbolization
The microorganisms that plays a dominant role in decomposition is
chlostridium welchi
The principle used in the Magnus test for determining somatic death is
no change in color
Permission to disinter remains of persons who died of dangerous communicable diseases maybe granted after a burial period of
5 years
The most prominent sign of death is
progressive fall of the body temperature
- Rigor mortis in the tropics lasts on the average for about how many hours
48-72 hours
