forensic medicine unit 4

Thanatology is the study of:

• DNA profiling

• Dead bodies and death

• Dental evidence

• Criminal psychology

Somatic death refers to the:

• Death of brain cells

• Complete and irreversible loss of body functions

• Death of individual organs

• Death of molecular structures

Which is NOT an early postmortem change?

• Algor mortis

• Rigor mortis

• Livor mortis

• Putrefaction

The greenish discoloration of the abdomen in putrefaction first appears over:

• Left iliac fossa

• Right iliac fossa

• Epigastric region

• Umbilical region

Hanging is classified as:

• Traumatic asphyxia

• Mechanical asphyxia

• Pathological asphyxia

• Suffocation

A ligature mark in hanging is usually:

• Horizontal and continuous

• Oblique and discontinuous

• Vertical and deep

• Absent

In drowning, the presence of fine, frothy fluid at the mouth and nostrils is known as:

• Gettler’s test

• Diatom test

• Paltauf’s spots

• Cutis anserina

Which of the following is an immediate change after death?

• Cooling of body

• Rigor mortis

• Loss of voluntary power

• Putrefaction

the time taken for rigor mortis to appear in the whole body is approximately:

• 1–2 hours

• 6–12 hours

• 24–48 hours

• 72 hours

A sign of asphyxia characterized by pinpoint hemorrhages is called:

• Paltauf’s spots

• Tardieu’s spots

• Casper’s rule

• Gohn’s nodules