Must Know Terms

Question 1

Prominence of the superficial veins with reddish discoloration during the process of decomposition, which develops of BOTH FLANKS of the abdomen, ROOT of the NECK, and SHOULDER.

Answer 1

MARBOLIZATION

Question 2

Where is the earliest change in PUTREFACTION seen and what color change?

Answer 2

RIGHT ILIAC FOSSA

GREENISH color of the skin

Question 3

What is the order of putrefaction when the body is in water?

Answer 3

Face and neck or sternum
Shoulders
Arms
Abdomen
Legs

Question 4

Dehydration of the whole body which results in shivering and preservation of the body

Answer 4

MUMMIFICATION

Question 5

Softening of the tissues when in a fluid medium in the ABSENCE of putrefactive microorganisms which is frequently observed in death of fetus in utero

Answer 5

MACERATION

Question 6

Bronze color of the head and neck of a person who dies in water during the process of decomposition

Answer 6

Tete de negri

Question 7

Quantitative determination of chloride content of the blood in the right and left ventricle of the heart.
Difference of at least ____ proves

Answer 7

Gettler’s test

Difference of at least 25mg proves death occurred in fresh or salt water and drowning is the cause of death

Question 8

Cutie anserina or goose skin or goose flesh

Answer 8

External post-mortem finding in drowning

Question 9

Tests to determine whether respiration took place on a newborn child before death

Answer 9

Hydrostatic test (Fodere’s test, Static test)

Question 10

Test to show that if organs float and air bubbles are liberated to the surface of water, breathing has taken place.

Answer 10

Stomach bowel test, Floatation test, BRESLAU’S second life test

Question 11

The disappearance of the gelatinous embryonic connective tissue in the middle ear is a sign if birth

Answer 11

Wredin’s Test