Post Mortem Changes Flashcards
Aseptic autolysis is seen in:
A. Maceration
B. Adipocere
C. Purification
D. Mummification
a. Aseptic autolysis is seen in maceration, which is the softening and breaking down of tissues without bacterial decomposition.
First external sign of putrefaction of body lying in air is around:
A. Umbilicus
B. Rt iliac fossa
C. Lt iliac fossa
D. Chest wall
b. The first external sign of putrefaction of a body lying in air is around the right iliac fossa
Dehydration/Shriveling of cadaver is called:
A. Putrefaction
B. Mummification
C. Saponification
D. Adipocere
b. Dehydration/shriveling of a cadaver is called mummification.
Post-mortem injuries are due to:
A. Original body water
B. Marine animal
C. Serum calcium antemortally
D. Waxy changes
b. Post-mortem injuries can be due to marine animals, which may feed on the body after death
Post-mortem rigidity:
A. involves the smooth muscles only.
B. is not sure sign of death.
C. cardiac muscle is exception.
D. It is a chemical process.
D
1. Nearly all muscles are involved even cardiac muscle .
2. It’s not sure sign of death (DD= cold and hot stiffness).
Postmortem appearance of CO poisoning:
A. Cherry red appearance
B. Skin blisters are seen in face
C. Blue hypostasis
D. Frostbite
a. The postmortem appearance of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a cherry red appearance
Late change after death:
A. Hypostasis.
B. Rigor mortis.
C. Retinal vessels changes.
D. Decomposition.
d. Decomposition is a late change that occurs after death
Earliest sign of death is:
A. Loss of skin elasticity
B. Cooling of the body
C. Post mortem lividity
D. Tache noire
B. Cooling of the body
Rigor mortis first evident in:
A. Intestine
B. Myocardium
C. Interstitial muscle
D. Eyelids
D
Rigor mortis first appears in the muscles of eyelids and then spreads to the neck and upper limbs, trunk and lower limbs.
Adipocere starts early in all of following except:
A. Face
B. Breast
C. Buttock
D. Chest wall
D
Due to low fat in this region
