4: Forensic Medicine

Question 1

Cause of death vs manner of death

Answer 1

Cause of death: what was responsible for the final pathologic event/mechanism of death
Manner of death: a judicial opinion based on everything known about the death - five types

Question 2

Five manners of death

Answer 2

Natural, accident, suicide, homicide, undetermined

Question 3

Three forms of body cooling and changes and explain them

Answer 3

1. Rigor mortis: stiffening of muscles
2. Algor mortis: cooling of body
3. Livor mortis: movement of circulating blood to dependent areas of body

Question 4

Three forms of body decomposition and when they occur

Answer 4

1. Putrefactive: most settings
2. Mummification: dry/arid climates
3. Adipocere formation: death in a body of water

Question 5

Lesion in a lac vs incise wound

Answer 5

Lac: more wide than deep

Incise wound: more deep than wide