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1
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____ test is when ligature is applied around the base of a finger with moderate tightness. If the patient is dead, there will be no color change.

A

Magnus test

2
Q

Name three examples where rigor mortis are hastened

A

1.) Animal having been hunted to death 2. Prolonged convulsion and lingering illness, and 3.) death from typhoid fever, typhus, cholera and phthisis.

3
Q

Cadaveric spasm: determining nature of death :: Rigor mortis : ____

A

approximate time of death

4
Q

The fall of temperature may occur before death in the following conditions ____, ____, and ____.

A

Cancer, Phthisis, Collapse

5
Q

In tropical countries, the body attains the temperature if the surrounding air from ____ hours after death

A

12 to 15 hours

Approximate no. of hours after death = (Normal temp - Rectal temp)/1.5

6
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_____ the spot found in the sclera after death which may be oval or round or triangular with base towards the cornea

A

Tache noir de la sclerotique

7
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____ (stage of death) where muscles are relaxed and capable of contracting when stimulated. The muscle is alkaline - same as in life.

A

stage of primary flaccidity (3-6 hours after death)

8
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____ (stage of death) where the whole body becomes rigid due to the contraction of the muscles. The muscle here is acidic.

A

Stage of post-mortem rigidity (spreads downwards from the neck and lower jaw, 12 hours)

9
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____ (stage of death) where muscles become flaccid, no longer capable of responding ti mechanical or electrical stimulus and reaction becomes alkaline.

A

Stage of secondary flaccidity or commencement of putrefaction

10
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_____ occurs instantaneously/immediately after death compared to rigor mortis that appears 3 to 6 hours after death. Here, only a group of muscles are involved and asymmetrical.

A

cadaveric spasm.