Forensic Medicine - Criminology Board Exam Reviewer
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Medical Ethics - deals with the moral principles which should guide
members of the medical profession in their dealings with each other,
their patients and the state.
1. post-mortem examination
2. necropsy -particularly as to non human body
3. autopsia cadavarem
4. obduction
Objectives of Autopsy
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4. To establish the identity of the body.
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viability.
Classification of wound
incised
wound laceration abrasion puncture
wound
hematoma
crushing
injury
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4 Categories of Death
1. natural causes
2. homicide/killing
3. accidental death
4. suicide
Vital signs -are measures of various physiological
statistics often taken by health professionals in order
to assess the most basic body functions.
1. body temperature
2. pulse rate/heart rate
3. blood pressure
4. respiratory rate
Causes of death
1. old age
2. predation - biological interaction where a
predator (organism that is hunting) feeds on
its prey (the organism that is attacked).
3. malnutrition
4. disease
5. accidents
6. injury
Signs of death
1. cessation of breathing
2. cardiac arrest - no pulse
3. livor mortis - settling of the blood in the lower
dependents of the body.
4. algor mortis - reduction in body temperature
following death.
5. rigor mortis - the limbs of the corpse become
stiff and difficult to move.
6. decomposition - reduction into simple form of
matter accompanied by strong unpleasant
odor.
Cadaveric Spasm - sudden rigidity of the muscle
immediately after death. A rare form of muscular
stiffening that occurs at the moment of death,persists
into the period of rigor mortis and can be mistaken
for rigor mortis.
1. Instantaneous rigor
2. Cataleptic rigidity
3. Instantaneous
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4. Death grip
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1. Eggs
2. Larvae
3. Prepupae
4. Pupae
5. Adult fly
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