Forensic Injuries (Part 2) Flashcards
Classic signs of asphyxia:
a. Petechial haemorrhages in the forehead
b. Oedema in the lower limb
c. Cyanosis in the nails
d. Left heart congestion
A. Petechial hemorrhage above the constriction..
Remember the classic signs:
1. Petechial haemorrhages
2. Cyanosis
3. Congestion
Question: what’s the other name of this petechial hemorrhage?
Hanging:
a. Is a natural death
b. Partial when feet touch the floor
c. Ligature mark has no role in diagnosis
d. Usually occur as a homicide
b. Partial when feet touch the floor
It’s not natural it’s mainly suicidal
Strangulation:
a.Only by hand
b.Compression on vein lead to congestion of face
c. Throttling when ligature used
d. Dribbling of saliva
b.Compression on vein lead to congestion of face
It can be by hand (throttling) or by ligature
Dribbling of saliva is a character of hanging
Rifled weapons:
a. Fire one bullet at a time
b. Their cartridge contain wads
c. Revolvers and pistols are long-barrelled weapons
d. Their barrels are smooth
A
Shot gun contact wound:
a. Muzzle imprint
b. Rat hole appearance
c. A uniform peppering of shot
d. Unusual to be suicide
A
Suicidal firearm injuries:
a. Most commonly in the ‘sites of election
b. Associated with hesitation marks
c. Single wounds
d. all of the above
d
Suffocation:
a. Overlying is capable of proof
b. Plastic bag suffocations it’s commonly homicide
c. Gagging when a cloth or soft object is pushed into the mouth
d. Choking: Blockage of external airways
C
Suffocation by introducing objects in the mouth:
a. Gagging
b. Choking
c. Burking
d. Smothering
a
Compression on the chest:
a. Choking
b. Hanging
c. Strangulation
d. Traumatic asphyxia
d
Goose skin related to:
a. Scalds
b. Drowning
c. Immersion
d. Hypothermia
c
Sex between two females:
a. Homosexual
b. Heterosexual
c. Lesbianism
d. Bestiality
c
Sudden death:
a. Aortic stenosis common among older people
b. Syphilitic aneurysms are very common
c. Primary myocardial disease common among elderly people
d. Atheromatous aneurysm at arch of aorta
A
Sudden infant death syndrome:
a. Cause of death well known
b. Males less than females
c. Hotter months less than colder months
d. Common in infants of more than 7 months
?
All are wrong because
a the cause is unknown
b Male babies are more likely to die from SIDS than female babies
c cases rise duringcold weather
d common between 1 and 4 months
Bestialism:
a. Sexual intercourse between two females
b. Sexual intercourse between a man and his mother
c. Sexual intercourse between an human and animal
d. Sexual intercourse between two men
c
The evidence in the diagnosis of drowning in putrefied bodies is the presence of:
a. frothes in respiratory passage
b. water in the stomach
c. fluid in the left side of the heart
d. The presence of planktons in the bone marrow
d
