Intro To Forensic Medicine Flashcards
What is forensic medicine
Relation of medical science with law
Forensic doctors must be specialists in:
Pathology
In forensic medicine, samples are taken and genetically analyzed
Forensic genetics
Forensic medicine is concerned with cases of:
- Knowing the cause of death
- Insurance claims
- Malpractices
the branch of forensic anthropology that focuses on identification and analysis of human teeth in a legal context
Forensic dentistry (forensic odontology)
T/F:Forensic odontology is concerned about the cause of death.
F -Forensic odontology is concerned about Human identification rather than the cause of death
If the forenic doctor must be a specialist in pathology, then the forensic odontologist must be:
A dentist
Easy, right?
the study of human remains (especially skeleton) for identification and to determine cause of death called ______
Forensic Anthropology
(Anthropologist)
- Determination of toxic substances in human tissues and organs
- Practitioner must be:
Forensic toxicology
Must be a pharmacologist, chemist or scientist