Thananthology Flashcards
Thanatology isn’t study of :-
Defined under IPC :-
Cessation of :-
As defined by :-
Declaration of Oslo :-
Declaration of Sydney :-
Manner of death :-
Natural :-
Unnatural death includes :-
Mode of death :-
Bishop tripod of life :-
Somatic death ( atria Mortis )
Supracital interval ;-
Include :-
Cellular / molecular :-
Zasko phenomenon
Aka :- tendon reaction
Knee reflex
Organ harvesting :-
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Brain death Criteria for brain steam death :- Harvard criteria :- Minnesota criteria :- All criteria must be satisfied for :- And declared by :- Philadelphia protocol :-
Human organ transplantation act :-
Punishment for unauthorised organ transplant :-
Punishment for organ trafficking
Transplant between :-
Urinary bladder :-
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Suspended animation :- Reason :- A B C D E H I S T
Voluntary suspended animation :-
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Post-mortem changes :-
Study of post morgen changes is known as :-
Taphonomy :-
Thanatology :-
Earliest change :- Early change :- Algor mortis :- Livor mortis Rigor mortis
Delayed changes :-
Tests for circulation :-
Test for respiration :-
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Early post morgen changes :-
Length of person :-
Intervertebral disc :-
Eye changes 1. Kevorkian sign :- rail road sign 2 K+ and hypoxanthine :- Test for k+ 3. Corneal clouding 4. Corneal opacity 5. Intraocular tension :- 6. Tachy noirs :-
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Algor mortis :- Decrease in :- Graph between temperature and time :- Ideal site :- Can be used to estimate :- Rate of fall:-
Time since death :-
Post-mortem caloricity :-
Seen in example :-
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Livor Mortis Also called :- Seen in :- Livor mortis based on position of body 1. Supine :- 2. Prone :- 3. If body is floating in running water :- 4. If body is hanging :-
- Time since death
a) well developed in :-
b) max in :-
c) fixed to position of body :-
d) if body is moved within :-
e) persist till :- - Position of body :-
- Cause of death by colour of staining :-
a) CO poisoning:-
b) cyanide poisoning :-
c) hypothermia :-
d) H2S :-
e) phosphorous is :-
f) opium poisoning:-
g) Cl . Perfringens :-
h ) oxidising poison :-
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Rigor mortis
Aka :- cadaveric rigidity :-
Primary relaxation / primary flaccidity :-
Rigor mortis starting 1. Stiffening :- 2. Shortening :- Aka Sommers movements :- Decrease in :- Actin and miosin :-
After rigor mortis
Liquefactive necrosis / decomposition / putreficTion
Secondary relaxation :-
Cycle :-
All muscles :-
1st involuntary muscle involved is :-
1st voluntary muscle involved :-
Generally rigor mortis sets in :-
In summer :-
In winter :-
Onset and duration of rigor mortis depends on :-
Nysten rule :-
Defines :-
Order :-
Rule of 12 :-
Medicolegal significance of rigor mortis :-
1. Fetes less than 7 months :-
2. In children or old age or muscle wasting disorder like TB, typhoid , cholera
In violent death like drowning , heat stroke , throttling , cut throat injury , firearm
3. In organophosporous poisioning :-
4. Strychnine :- onset , duration :-
Arsenic :- onset , duration :-
5. RM onset begins when atp is :-
RM is max when atp is :-
6. RM is sign of
RM in heart appears as :-
RM in pregnant female :-
Goose flesh / CUTIS anserina :-
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Other Muscle stiffing following death :- 1. Heat stiffening :- Surrounding temp:- Same mech as Cause :- 2. Cold stiffening :- Sourounding temp :- Frozen body fluids :- 3. Gas stiffening :- 4. Cadaveric spasm :- Aka cataleptic rigidity :- Mechanism :-
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Cadaveric spasm vs Rigor Mortis
cataleptic rigidity vs cadaveric rigidity
Rigor mortis / cadaveric rigidity :- After :- All :- No response to :- Can be :- Gives :-
Cadaveric spasm / cataleptic rigidity Just :- Only :- respond to :- Cannot be :- Mode of death :-
Antemortem drowning :-
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