Terms and Definitions

Question 1

Crepitation

Answer 1

Crackling sensation produced when gases trapped in tissues are palpated - subQ emphysema or tissue gas

Question 2

Cyanosis

Answer 2

Blueish colour on skin and lips due to a lack of oxygen

Question 3

Gangrene

Answer 3

Necrotic tissues due to a lack of blood supply to parts of the body

Question 4

Wet gangrene

Answer 4

Necrotic tissues that are wet as result of a lack of venous drainage. Tissues are a red to black in colour

Question 5

Dry gangrene (Ischemic necrosis)

Answer 5

Condition that results when the body part that dies has little blood and remains aseptic. Arteries are blocked but not veins. Tissues are a red-brown to black in colour

Question 6

Gas gangrene

Answer 6

Necrosis of a wound infected with an anaerobic, gas-forming bacillus - commonly C. perfringens

Question 7

Hemochromatosis

Answer 7

A hereditary disease that causes your body to absorb and store too much iron

Question 8

Hematogenous

Answer 8

Originating in or carried by the blood

Question 9

Hemorrhagic Effusion

Answer 9

Blood leaking into a cavity usually by a ruptured blood vessel or organ

Question 10

Jaundice AKA Icterus

Answer 10

An excessive concentration of bilirubin in the skin and tissues causing a yellow appearance in bodies

Question 11

Suggillation

Answer 11

Eccyhmosis developed postmortem

Question 12

Purpura

Answer 12

Flat medium-sized hemorrhage under the skin surface

Question 13

Petechia

Answer 13

Small pinpoint skin hemorrhage

Question 14

Hematoma

Answer 14

Swollen blood-filled area within the skin

Question 15

Ecchymosis

Answer 15

Bruise

Question 16

Tardieu Spots

Answer 16

Minute petechial hemorrhages cause by the rupture of minute vessels as blood settles into the dependant areas of organs and tissues - accompanied by liver mortis. Often seen in asphyxial cases or slow deaths.