Signs of death

Question 1

____ test is when ligature is applied around the base of a finger with moderate tightness. If the patient is dead, there will be no color change.

Answer 1

Magnus test

Question 2

Name three examples where rigor mortis are hastened

Answer 2

1.) Animal having been hunted to death 2. Prolonged convulsion and lingering illness, and 3.) death from typhoid fever, typhus, cholera and phthisis.

Question 3

Cadaveric spasm: determining nature of death :: Rigor mortis : ____

Answer 3

approximate time of death

Question 4

The fall of temperature may occur before death in the following conditions ____, ____, and ____.

Answer 4

Cancer, Phthisis, Collapse

Question 5

In tropical countries, the body attains the temperature if the surrounding air from ____ hours after death

Answer 5

12 to 15 hours

Approximate no. of hours after death = (Normal temp - Rectal temp)/1.5

Question 6

_____ the spot found in the sclera after death which may be oval or round or triangular with base towards the cornea

Answer 6

Tache noir de la sclerotique

Question 7

____ (stage of death) where muscles are relaxed and capable of contracting when stimulated. The muscle is alkaline - same as in life.

Answer 7

stage of primary flaccidity (3-6 hours after death)

Question 8

____ (stage of death) where the whole body becomes rigid due to the contraction of the muscles. The muscle here is acidic.

Answer 8

Stage of post-mortem rigidity (spreads downwards from the neck and lower jaw, 12 hours)

Question 9

____ (stage of death) where muscles become flaccid, no longer capable of responding ti mechanical or electrical stimulus and reaction becomes alkaline.

Answer 9

Stage of secondary flaccidity or commencement of putrefaction

Question 10

_____ occurs instantaneously/immediately after death compared to rigor mortis that appears 3 to 6 hours after death. Here, only a group of muscles are involved and asymmetrical.

Answer 10

cadaveric spasm.