PM test 2

Question 1

GHB is

Answer 1

Drug of abuse
Therapeutic agent
May be formed in vitro in citrate tube
Endogenous compound

Question 2

what is a dietary source of morphine

Answer 2

Poppy seeds

Question 3

Methylene chloride is metabolized to… by…

Answer 3

CO by CYP 2E1

Question 4

Selegiline is metabolized in part to

Answer 4

L meth/amp

Question 5

What metabolite is formed with the co-ingestion of cocaine and ethyl alcohol

Answer 5

Cocaethylene

Question 6

Post mortem instability of some drugs may be due to

Answer 6

Chemical hydrolysis and bacterial metabolism

Question 7

Cocaine is stable in PM blood

Answer 7

False

Question 8

List four molecular structure prone to putrefactive changes

Answer 8

Heterosulfur, nitro group, phenols-amino, esters

Question 9

Decomp begins when after death

Answer 9

almost immediately ~4 minutes

Question 10

All bodies go through the same decomp process, with variations in

Answer 10

length and velocity

Question 11

What is a common ptomaine found in decomp

Answer 11

putrescence cadaverine phenylalanine

Question 12

Beta phenethylamine is formed due to decarboxylation of phenylalanine

Answer 12

True

Question 13

One factor that eill influence the PM formation of ehtyl alcohol

Answer 13

Microbial/bacterial

Question 14

Cyanide is easily detectable in embalmed fluids/tissue

Answer 14

False