LEGALMED Pearlets Flashcards
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Stomach, bowel floatation test
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BRESLAU TEST
2
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Determines chloride content of blood in the right & left ventricles
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GETTLER TEST
3
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Requires that victim is virgin
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QUALIFIED SEDUCTION
4
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An act of omission which amounts to want of care on the part of complainant, which concurring with the defendant’s negligence is the proximate cause of the injury
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DOCTRINE OF CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE
5
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MD after prolonged treatment, failed to investigate nonresponse
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DOCTRINE OF CONTINUING NEGLIGENCE
6
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MD ignores an early warning with regards to treatment of the patient resulting to harm
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DOCTRINE OF CONTINUING NEGLIGENCE
7
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Nature of the wrongful act is suggestive of negligence
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RES IPSA LOQUITOR
8
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Pathologist, Radiologist, & Anesthesiologist considered employee of the hospital
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DOCTRINE OF OSTENSIBLE AGENT
9
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Handles all administrative cases filed against doctors including malpractice cases
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PRC via the Board of Medicine
10
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Person died as result of communicable disease and unembalmed, he should be buried within:
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12 HOURS
11
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Person who died with NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE should be buried within:
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48 hours
12
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Children born by void/voidable marriages
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NATURAL BY LEGAL FICTION
13
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Natural children acknowledged by father or mother separately
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NATURAL CHILD BY PRESUMPTION
14
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Children born outside a lawful wedlock
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NATURAL CHILDREN
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Illegitimate children who are not considered natural (incestuous, adulterous, sacrilegious, manceres)
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SPURIOUS CHILDREN
16
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Confidentiality of information may be breached when:
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Disclosure is necessary to serve the best interest of justice and public safety
17
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Physician can only proceed with a procedure WITHOUT CONSENT when:
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In ACUTE EMERGENCIES: no enough time for informed consent and patient’s life is at stake
18
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Misbehaviour inside the courtroom may be punished by:
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DIRECT CONTEMPT
19
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Refusing to attend court after a subpoena has been issued, without a valid reason
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INDIRECT CONTEMPT
20
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Can lead to formation of tophaceous gout
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CHRONIC LEAD POISONING
21
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Application of ligature around the base of a finger with moderate tightness
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MAGNUS TEST
22
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Fingers are spread wide and fingers are viewed through a strong light
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DIAPHANOUS TEST
23
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Test used to determine if blood is human or not
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TEICHMANN’S TEST
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Offended party in a rape may be any person of any gender
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RA 8353
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Mandates all doctors to report all cases of less serious and serious physical injuries
PD 169
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ANTI CHILD ABUSE LAW: mandates doctors to report all cases within 48 hours from knowledge
PD 603/RA 7610
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Gives former Filipino doctors right to practice in the Philippines again, without revoking their current citizenship
PD 541
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Evidence made known or addressed to the senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch) of the court
AUTOPTIC/REAL EVIDENCE
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Giving a testimony on matters that the witness perceived
TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE
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Bones used to identify sex:
PELVIS, SKULL, STERNUM, HUMERUS & FEMUR
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Bones used to estimate height:
FEMUR, HUMERUS, TIBIA, RADIUS
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Characteristics of Menstrual Blood
1. Do not clot 2. Acidic in reaction 3. Presence of vaginal epithelial cells 4. Numerous Doderlein's Bacillus
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Patient aware that physician was drunk yet he allowed doctor to inject him
RES IPSA LOQUITOR
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Charateristics of a person not easily changed
SPEECH, GAIT, & MANNERISM
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Art of identification of fingerprints by comparison
DACTYLOSCOPY
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Chemical test used to determine if stain is of blood origin or not
BENZIDINE TEST
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When body surface of corpse is pressed, it leaves a flattened area due to:
LOSS OF ELASTICITY OF SKIN
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A physician must appear in response to a subpoena of his place of residence is how many kilometers from the court issuing the subpoena?
<50 kilometers
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For a child to be LEGITIMATE, he must be born in a lawful wedlock or within these number of days after the dissolution of marriage:
300 days
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Comprehensive study of a dead body performed by a trained physician employing recognized procedures and techniques
AUTOPSY
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Cases when trauma or disease kill quickly that there is no opportunity for sequel or complication to develop
IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF DEATH
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It parents are type A and type B, which of the following would be the blood group of their children?
A, B, AB & O
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Characteristics of Human Hair
1. Fine grains of air network 2. Invisible hair cells even without treatment with water 3. Cortex looks like thick muff 4. Thick scales not protruding
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Statement made by a dying patient to the attending physician in reference to perwons who inflicted injury on him
DYING DECLARATION
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Prerequisite of Practicing Medicine in the Philippines
1. Passed board exam 2. Holder of valid certificate of registration 3. At least 21 yrs of age 4. Not convicted of any offense involving moral torpitude
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Measure by time and space provided by a physician and not by the quality and quantity of medical services rendered
RETAINER FEE
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Principle applied when medical fee is not specified
ASSUMPSIT ON QUANTHUM MERIT
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When can confidentiality of information in a doctor-patient relationship be breached
WHEN DISCLOSURE IS NECESSARY TO SERVE THE BEST INTEREST OF JUSTICE
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Burden of proof to convict a physician for CRIMINAL malpractice
PROOF BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT
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When a surgeon operates on the patient without consent, this constitutes an assault and even without proof of injury resulting, the plaintiff may recover what type of damages
NOMINAL
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On autopsy, prominent superficial veins with reddish discoloration on a patient is called
MARBOLIZATION
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If you are entertaining suicide in a patient, you should find
HESITATION CUTS or TENTATIVE INCISIONS
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This finding is not consistent and may or may not appear on a person who died
CADAVERIC SPASM
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In Ballistics, this transforms mechanical energy by the hit of the firing pin on the percussion cap to chemical energy
PRIMER
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Head injury found on areas of the skull offering the least protection
LOCUS MINORIS RESISTENCIA
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Test for presence of powder residues on clothing
WALKER'S TEST
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Bumper-fracture of the leg bone in a car accident hitting the victim on his leg
PRIMARY IMPACT
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A man was hit by a truck in his legs and was thrown 10 feet away. The resulting abrasions, contusions and lacerations is called
SECONDARY IMPACT
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Absence of smoke, soiling, burning, or powder tattooing is suggestive of
LONG-RANGE WOUND
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Adding amount of payment depending on the level of satisfactory result of treatment and is UNETHICAL
CONTINGENT FEE
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Test done to prove live birth by allowing fetal lungs to float in water
HYDROSTATIC TEST/FODERE'S TEST
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In case of natural death, (wihout any suspicion of foul play and cause of death is certainly from natural cause), certificate of death should be provided within
48 HOURS
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Study of licensure laws, regulatory laws, and physician-patient relationship
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
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A fiduciary physician-patient relationship is based on
MUTUAL TRUST
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Branch of medicine which deals with application of medical knowledge to the purpose of the law and administration of justice
LEGAL MEDICINE
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Application of medical science to elucidate legal problems
FORENSIC MEDICINE
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Type of medical evidence which is addressed to the senses of the court
AUTOPIC EVIDENCE
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Most efficient method of evidence presevation
PHOTOGRAPHS
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Truth serum is composed of
HYOSCINE HYOBROMIDE
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Expressed admission of guilt in a criminal case
CONFESSION
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Almond eyes, pale complexion, prominent cheekbones
MONGOLIAN FACIES
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Verbal, accurate and picturesque description of the person identified
PORTRAIT PARLE (equivalent of MuG Shot)
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Art and study of recording fingerprint as a means of identification
DACTYLOGRAPHY
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Instance wherein it is required to do autopsy
VIOLENCE, ACCIDENTS, SUICIDE
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Born out of lawful wedlock
ILLEGITIMATE
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Law prescribing the manner of enforcing legal rights and claims
REMEDIAL LAW
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Laws not enforced by the state
NATURAL LAW, DIVINE LAW, MORAL LAW
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When a physician is found guilty of a criminal act, he may be punished with
IMPRISONMENT & FINE
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Responsibility of a person for negligible or wrongful act of another
DOCTRINE OF VICARIOUS LIABILITY
80
Nature of liabity when a plaintiff asks for monetary compensation is
CIVIL
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Person acted pursuance to his religious belief and the act is in accordance with the tenets of his church, it is deemed to be part of his religious freedom
FAITH HEALING
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Conversion of a sickness to a more serious disability or exaggeration of the real complaint
FICTITIOUS MALINGERING
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Appearance of face indicative of approaching death
HIPPOCRATIC FACIES
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Injury that resolved in 10 days but a resultant keloid scar formed
SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY
85
Suit for mental anguish, social humiliation, and moral shock
MORAL DAMAGES
86
Consenting to undergon a trial of new chemotherapeutic modality resulting to deterioration
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
87
Patient-Physician relationship does not contemplate one of the following promises or guaranties
TREATMENT WILL BE GRATUITOUS
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Considered as prominent sign of death
PROGRESSIVE FALL OF BODY TEMPERATURE
89
Right of a citizen of foreign country to be allowed to practice medicine in the Philippines is based on
RECIPROCITY PROVISIONS OF THE MEDICAL LAW
90
Weapons, fingerprints, and garments left at the crime scene are examples of what type of evidence
CORPUS DELICTI
91
Reporting the examination and treatment of serious physical injury by a physician is
MANDATORY
92
Post-Op xray revealed mosquito forcep in the patient's abdomen
RES IPSA LOQUITOR
93
Ethical or Unethical: Dichotomous Fee
UNETHICAL
94
Genius has an IQ of
>140
95
Manceres children are children born to
PROSTITUTES
96
Disinterment is also known as
EXHUMATION
97
Tete de Negri or the bronze coloration of the head and neck of a dead person is observed in
DROWNING
98
What is the priority in terminally-ill patients
PAIN CONTROL over Safety
99
A doctor is impotent yet his wife gave birth to a healthy baby while in lawful wedlock
Proof of impotence will overthrow presumption of legitimacy
100
A mother who periodically batters her child only when drunk is what type of child abuser
OCCASIONAL CHILD ABUSER
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Physical injuries which develops on parts of the body near bony tissues that are deep seated caused by forcible impact of hard blunt objects
CONTUSION
102
Another term for accidental death by suffocation either from the pressure of beddings and pillows or from pressure of the unconscious drunk mother
OVERLAYING
103
An idiot has an IQ of
0-20
104
Inherent or Incidental Right: Right to choose patient
INHERENT RIGHT
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Inherent or Incidental Right: Right to limit practice
INHERENT RIGHTS
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Inherent or Incidental Right: Right to determine appropriate management procedures
INHERENT RIGHT
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Inherent or Incidental Right: Right of way while responding to call of emergencies
INCIDENTAL RIGHT
108
Inherent or Incidental Right: Right to avail of hospital services
INHERENT RIGHT
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Entrance or Exit Wound: Wound size is small
ENTRANCE WOUND
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Entrance or Exit Wound: Usually oval or round depending on the angle of approach of the bullet
ENTRANCE WOUND
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Entrance or Exit Wound: Cause tattooing
ENTRANCE WOUND
112
Entrance or Exit Wound: Wound is inverted
ENTRANCE WOUND
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Entrance or Exit Wound: Wound is large
EXIT WOUND
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Entrance or Exit Wound: Wound is everted
EXIT WOUND
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Entrance or Exit Wound: Wound bleeds profusely
EXIT WOUND
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Oxygen is delivered to the tissue but cannot be utilized properly due to failure of cellular oxidative processes
HISTOTOXIC ASPHYXIAL DEATH
117
If a man is convicted of rape, he shall be punished with
RECLUSION PERPETUA
118
Requisite for a physician to have his license suspended or revoked
SUBSTANCIAL EVIDENCE
119
TARDIEU SPOTS are seen during autopsy, what was the cause of death?
HANGING
120
A whitish foam in the mouth and nostrils as a sign of drowning
CHAMPIGNON D'OCUME
121
Test finding wherein the middle ear of a child, before birth is filled with gelatinous, embryonic connective tissues but disappears after death
WREDIN'S TEST
122
Fingerprints are formed in the fetus during
FOURTH MONTH
123
Test for determining whether semen is of human origin or not
PRECIPITIN TEST/BIOLOGICAL TEST OF FARNUM
124
Disorientation, mental confusion, dizziness, sensory disturbances, exaggerated emotional state suggests that the blood alcohol level is
150-300mg%
125
Damages imposed on a physician as punishment and to serve as an example or correction for the medical profession
EXEMPLARY DAMAGES
126
A member of the PMA is required a total of how many CME units per year to maintain membership with good standing
100 CME units (Sec 38 of PMA Code)
127
Inherent or Incidental Right: Exemption from execution of instruments and library
INCIDENTAL RIGHT
128
The claim for medical fee if a patient died is in what order?
SPOUSE, DESCENDANTS, ASCENDANTS, SIBLINGS
129
Renewal of license after the board exam is
EVERY 3 years
130
Putrefy Early or Late: Brain
PUTREFY EARLY
131
Putrefy Early or Late: Stomach and Intestines
PUTREFY EARLY
132
Putrefy Early or Late: Lining of Trachea and Larynx
PUTREFY EARLY
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Putrefy Early or Late: Spleen
PUTREFY EARLY
134
Putrefy Early or Late: Liver
PUTREFY EARLY
135
Putrefy Early or Late: Gravid Uterus
PUTREFY EARLY
136
Putrefy Early or Late: Esophagus
PUTREFY LATE
137
Putrefy Early or Late: Diaphragm
PUTREFY LATE
138
Putrefy Early or Late: Heart
PUTREFY LATE
139
Putrefy Early or Late: Lungs
PUTREFY LATE
140
Putrefy Early or Late: Kidneys
PUTREFY LATE
141
Putrefy Early or Late: Urinary Bladder
PUTREFY LATE
142
Putrefy Early or Late: Prostate
PUTREFY LATE
143
Putrefy Early or Late: Uterus (Not Pregnant)
PUTREFY LATE
144
Injury resolving within 1-9 days
SLIGHT PHYSICAL INJURY
145
Injury resolving within 10-29 days
LESS SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY
146
Injury resolving >30 days or less but with permanent scar, deformity or loss of organ
SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY
147
DNA typing method where the small sample size is chemically amplified to produce large amounts
POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
148
Indentations left in solid or pliable materials belong to what type of fingerprints
PLASTIC
149
Type of fingerprints that are only visible after application of substances
LATENT
150
A test to determine sex by identifying barr bodies observed in scrapings of the mucus membrane of the mouth
CHROMOSOMAL TEST
151
A common law husband who kills his common law wife with whom he has a 2 days old child can be prosecuted for
HOMICIDE
152
What is the average time required for death in drowning
2-5 MINUTES
153
An unembalmed body should be buried within how long after death
48 HOURS (Sanitation Code)
154
Intentionally cutting off any reproductive part of the body
MUTILATION
155
Willful deliberate and painless acceleration of death of a person
EUTHANASIA
156
Cause of death resulting from lack of skill, lack of foresight, and reckless imprudence
NEGLIGENCE
157
A missing person is presumed dead if he is jot heard from for
4 YEARS
158
Convict is put to death by volley of fire from a firing squad
MUSKETRY
159
The microorganism that plays a dominant role in decomposition is
CLOSTRIDIUM WELCHI
160
The state of complete cessation of respiration and other vital functions
SOMATIC DEATH
161
The most important determinant in the wounding capacity of a bullet
BULLET MOMENTUM
162
Physical phenomenon when there is more "shocking or knock down power" of the bullet
SHOCK WAVE
163
How soon after drowning does the dead body float
WITHIN 24 HOURS
164
Covering both nostrils and mouth by a pillow may cause death due to
ASPHYXIA BY SMOTHERING
165
A firearm which has a cylindrical magazine situated at the rear of the barrel which can accommodate five or six cartridges
AUTOMATIC PISTOL
166
If the diameter of the gunshot wound point of entry is 1 cm x 1 cm, the probable caliber of the firearm is
0.45
167
The primer is usually made of
LEAD, BARIUM, ANTIMONY
168
Tattooing is also known as
STIPPLING/PEPPERING
169
"Pugilistic" position of a boxer is associated with
BURNS
170
The spinning motion of the bullet, its rough surface and the imagination of the skin, all produce
CONTUSION COLLAR
171
According to Dupuytren's Classification: burns which involve the deep fascia and muscles which may result to severe scarring or deformity is considered
FIFTH DEGREE BURN
172
Dupuytren's Classification: Formation of slough and ulceration
FOURTH DEGREE BURN
173
Dupuytren's Classification: Charring of the limb involving bone and organs
SIXTH DEGREE BURN
174
Partial or complete disruption in the continuity of a muscular or ligamentous support of a joint
SPRAIN
175
Wounding agent producing communication between the inner and the outer portion of the hollow organ results in
PERFORATING WOUND
176
When the wounding agent enters the body but did not come out, the wound is
PENETRATING WOUND
177
Slightest penetration of the female organ by the male sex organ
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
178
A form of sexual deviation whereby pain is the principal factor satisfaction, either as a recepient or inflictor is called
ALGOLAGNIA
179
Man calls a people up on the phone in the early hours of the morning and starts using obscene and foul language to obtain sexual gratification
COPROLALIA
180
State of not knowing the nature of sexual life and not having experienced sexual relation
MORAL VIRGINITY
181
Permits all forms of sexual liberties except rupturing hymen by sexual contact
DEMI-VIRGINITY
182
Hymen unruptured but orifice admit 2 or 3 fingers
FALSE PHYSICAL VIRGINITY
183
Hymen intact barely admits tip of finger
TRUE PHYSICAL VIRGIN
184
The punishment for stimulation of births and the substitution of one child for another performed by a physician
PRISON MAYOR, A fine of not less than P1000 and temporary special disqualification
185
To obtain legal personality, a 27-week AOG infant must live for at least
24 HOURS
186
Infanticide is killing of a child less than what age
3 DAYS
187
Clinical type of abortion when there is hemorrhage with dilatation of the internal os and presence of rhythmical pain
INEVITABLE
188
Woman who develops menopause at 20 years old
CLIMACTERIUM PRAECOX
189
Most tragic type of child abuser
IGNORANT
190
Incestous marriages are between collateral relatives by blood until what degree of consanguinity?
FOURTH DEGREE
191
A feeble minded or a moron has an IQ of
40-70
192
An imbecile has an IQ of
20-40
193
A borderline deficient has an IQ of
70-80
