forensics Flashcards
(23 cards)
Defined as color of death
LIVOR MORTIS
Defined as coolness of death
algor mortis
Defined as stiffness of death
rigor mortis
Paleness of death
pallor mortis
Happens due to lack of capillary circulation in the body
pallor mortis
pallor mortis happens in what minutes
15-20 minutes after death
It cannot be used to better mean Time of death except if body is found he still with color
pallor mortis
Shows up two hours after that
rigor mortis
what is the peak of rigor mortis
12 hours
it takes how many hours for entire rigor mortis effect to take place
12-24 hours
rigor mortis ends after how many hours
24-36 hours
This happens because at death the respiratory system stops working the body stops functioning it is no longer moving
algor mortis
This method also employs the bloc method of removing thoracic, cervical and abdominal organs
A Ghon technique
It is a type of technique where organza remove one by one from the body to be examined
R virchow technique
This method is characterized by in situ dissection
C rokitansky technique
This technique where the organs are removed en bloc rather than with in situ dissection
A ghon technique
It is the shape of incision where it is cut from behind each year and running down the neck, meeting at the breast bone, continuing towards the groin
y shaped
It is a type of shape got from each shoulder, meeting at the breast bone, continuing towards the groin
t shaped
It is a type of cut most of the news in cases of suspected strangulation
y shaped
Type of shaped use to create a better looking finished product as this cut is not often seen
T shaped
Steps of an internal examination
Incisions, cut, removal, weighed and examined
A type of removal we’re all organs are removed at once
en masse technique of letulle
A type of removal technique where organs divided into four groups and remove in sections
en bloc technique of ghon
