Forensic Medicine Flashcards
Define inquest
Judicial inquiry
1. Investigating cause of death
2. Conducted in cases of murder, accidents, suicide , suspicious death.
Coroners inquest was done in …….
Commonest type of inquest done in India is …….
Mumbai
Police inquest
Death in jail, inquest is carried out by …
Magistrate
Define subpoena
Written document issued by court
Given to a witness under penalty by police officer to attend to court to give evidence on particular day and time .
Aka summons
What is conduct money ?
Fee paid to the witness at time of serving summons-to cover expense for attending court.
Define perjury
Telling lies under oath or failure to tell what he or she knows or believes is true.
Define testamentary capacity
Mental ability to make a valid will
Define dying declaration.
Written or oral statements of a person who is dying , due to some unlawful act relating to his death.
Dying deposition
A magistrate records statement, has more legal value
Punishment by a session court
Any sentence authorised by law but death sentence must be confirmed by higher court.
Death sentence can be commuted;exchange a penalty for a less severe one) by ……. In India
President
Amnesty -formal act of liberating someone is under the authority of the …..
IPC 193 is for ….
President
Perjury-punishment for false evidence
IPC 197 is for ….
304A is for….
304B is for ….
Signing / issuing false certificates
Death caused by negligence
Dowry death
IPC320 is for ….
IPC 377 is for ….
Grievous hurt
Un-natural offence
Exhumation is done after written order from ….
It is conducted in …..
Max time limit for exhumation in India
1st class judicial magistrate
Day light
No time limit
Define cephalic index
Max breath/max length x 100
Determination of race
70-75 in dolico-cephalic skull (aryans)
In law, fetus is viable after ….days of intrauterine life
Who is an expert witness?
210 days /7 months
Person who is qualified/ experienced in scientific/technical subject. ( doctor/ firearm expert,finger print expert)
Define privileged communication
Statement communicated by a doctor to concerned authorities to protect the interests of the community.
Eg:
A person with infectious disease working as a cook
A driver found to be colour blind
Syphilitic man bathing in a pool
Professional negligence/ malpraxis
Therapeutic misadventure
Absence of reasonable care and skill or willful negligence on part of the doctor
Case in which patient dies due to some unintentional act done by the doctor or hospital.
Corpus delicti define
Elements of any criminal offence
Body of offence , essence of crime.
Res ipsa loquitor
Respondent superior
Evidence speaks for itself
An employer is responsible for negligent acts of the employee, provided it is done under direct supervision of the employer
Res judicata
When a judgement is delivered by court of law for an action, it cannot be re entered as decision is already been made.
Compos mentis
Cheiloscopy/ Figura linearum labiorum
Sound state of mind
Study of lip prints
What is poroscopy ?
Locards method.
Identification of pores on the ridges of fingers and hands.
Study of finger prints is known as ….
Dactylography/
Henry Galton system /
Dermatoglyphics
What is Gustafson’s method ?
Age of estimation of adults > 21 yrs of age by studying the physiological changes of each dental tissues
What is Bertillon’s method?
Portrait parle
Scientific indexing and filing of physical description of a person for purpose of future identification.
Best method to study age up to 15 years is …
Factor delaying the above is ….
Eruption of primary teeth completed by age ….
Dentition
Hypothyroidism
2-2.5 years
Mixed dentition seen in …..years
First permanent molar appears at ….yrs
6-12 years
6 years
Dactylographics first used in India by ….
Mc type of fingerprint
Permanent loss of finger print in ….
Sir William Heschle
Loop
Leprosy
Electric injury
Post mortem hypostasis starts as ….
After death, post mortem hypostasis gets fixed after ….
Post morgen stains of bright/ cherry red are seen in ….
Dull red patches
5-6 hours
Cyanide poisoning
Muscles affected in rigor mortis
Rigor mortis first appears in ….
All muscles -voluntary/involuntary
Involuntary muscle ( heart)
Late sign of death (3)
Putrefaction
Adipocere formation
Mummification
First sign of putrefaction
External: greenish discolouration of right iliac fossa
Internal : reddish brown discolouration of inner surface of vessels (aorta)
Last organ to putrify in males
Last organ to putrify in females
Prostate , testis
Non Gravid uterus, ovaries
Putrefactive changes in liver (2)
Honeycombing
Foamy liver
Putrefaction is delayed by ….
Adipocere formation is also known as …..
Arsenic
Carbolic acid
Saponification
Climate for adipocere formation
Adipocere formation is ….
Warm, humid climate
Hydrolysis and hydrogenation of fats
Mummification is …
Mummification is seen in …..(3)
Desiccation, dehydration, and shrinkage of cadaver ( preserving body features)
Dry air condition
Wind
High temperature
What is cafe coronary syndrome?
Most common in overdrunk,
deeply intoxicated with depressed gag reflex.
CaUse of death in cafe coronary?
Asphyxia/ reflex cardiac arrest from stimulation of vagus ( laryngeal nerve)
Mc type of abrasion
What is brush burn/ friction burn?
Graze abrasion
A type of graze abrasion-dragging over ground.
What is patterned abrasion ?
Blue colour of bruise is due to…..
Green colour of bruise is due to ….
Pressure injury - run over by vehicle.
Deoxyhb-seen after few hours to 3 days
Haematoidoin- seen at 5-6 days
Tentative marks/ hesitation marks are wounds seen in ..……
Gaping of wound is determined by……
Suicidal attempt
Langers lines
Healing of clean, incised wound is by …..
Incised looking wounds are…..
Depth is maximum in …..wound
Primary intention
Lacerated wounds over scalp
Stab wounds
Gutter fracture is …..
Fracture a la signature/ depressed fracture is …..
Oblique bullet wound
Outer table of skull driven into diploe, due to heavy object with small surface area
What is choking in firearm injury ?
Constructing device at the muzzle end of the shotgun
Contents of black gun powder (3)
Potassium nitrate
Sulfur
Charcoal
Smokeless powder is ….
Tandem bullets is ….
Nitrocellulose
2 bullets in succession
Entrance wound of a gun shot is ….
Abraded collar/Grease collar/ dirt collar
Dermal nitrate test detects ……
The constricting force in hanging is….
Partial hanging is …..
Gunpowder/ gunshot residues
Weight of the body
Bodies are partially suspended
Le facies sympathique is associated with ….
Ligature marks are type of …..
Hanging
Printed abrasion
Special feature of antemortem hanging
Cause of death in judicial hanging
Saliva may be found dribbling from angle of mouth
Fracture dislocation at C2-C3 or C3-C4
Signs of drowning (4)
- Fine,copious frothy discharge from mouth and nose
- Diatoms in bone marrow
- Goose skin/ cutis anserina
- Paultaf’s hemorrhage
Mc type of drowning is …..
What are diatoms?
Accidental
Unicellular algae,suspended in water, - presence in bone marrow and brain signifies drowning.
Gettlers test is done for …..
Emphysema aquosum signifies ….
Edema aquosum seen in…..
Drowning-it estimates chloride content of blood in both sides of the heart.
Wet drowning
Drowning of unconscious
Lightening burns are called ….
Arborescent burns/Filigree/ lichenbergs burns
Joules burns are ……
Crocodile skin appearance of skin suggest….
Electricity burns
High voltage electric burns
Heat Hematoma occurs between
Pugilstic attitude is due to …..
Skull and dura mater
Protein coagulation
Features of antemortem burns (5)
- Line of redness present
- Vesicles contain chloride , albumin
- Soot in upper respiratory passage
- Carboxyhb in blood is >5%
- Enzymes are increased
Vesicles seen in post-mortem burns contain …..
Spinal poisons are (2)
Air
- Nux vomica
- Gelesium
Universal antidotes (3)
- Animal charcoal 2 parts
- Magnesium oxide 1 part
- Tannic acid 1 part
Hemodialysis is done for poisoning of : (3)
Widmark formula is related with ….
Diwali poisons (2)
Barbiturates
Aspirin
Methanol
Alcohol
Mercury, phosphorus
Features of chronic mercury poisoning (3)
- Erecthism
- Shaking palsy
- Acrodynia-pink rash starting from tips of fingers
Features of arsenic poisoning (4)
- Aldrich mee lines ( nail)
- Mimics cholera poisoning
- Rain drop pigmentation
- Golden hair