‫بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم‬
‫‪Forensic Medicine‬‬
‫‪Quiz Exam.‬‬
‫د‪ /‬عبد المنعم جودة مدبولى‬
‫دكتوراة الطب الشرعى و السموم األكلينيكية‪,‬‬
‫مدرس الطب الشرعى و السموم األكلينيكية‪,‬‬
‫استشاري عالج التسمم بمستشفى بنها الجامعى‬
Objectives:
5.
Examination design:
Short essay …………………………...
True or false with explanation …..….
Multiple choice questions………….
Cases……………………………………..
Complete ……………………………...
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Examples of each one.
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3.
4.
Case Study
HOW TO ANSWER A CASE?
1.
Read carefully, better twice
(Scenario & all questions).
2.
Analyze data (+ve data).
3.
Start to answer.
CASE I:
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A female 16 years old was found
hanged, with a stab chest
wound.
There were some patches of hypostasis
in the back of body and apparent fixed
hypostasis in both lower limbs. Rigor
mortis was completely developed.
1- In this case, Explain:
- Time pass since death.
- Manner of death.
2- Identify age, its MLI in Egypt?
3- Mention the characters of the stab wound?
Case II:
A 50 year old man died due to acute
right sided heart failure and
sepecemic shock.
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Discuss the PM interval in this case?
Case III:
If a woman has a coronary atheroma with
hypertension died of myocardial
infarction as a result of coronary
thrombosis:
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The cause of death is …………………..……
The underlying cause of death is …….…..
The proximate cause of death is ……..……
The immediate cause of death is……..……
The mode of death is …………………..……..
The manner of death is …………………..…..
Hypertension her is a ………………………….
Multiple Choice Questions
M.C.Qs
How to answer?
M.C.Qs
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PM injection of atropine into
anterior champer of the eye
causes pupil dilatation for up to:
a- 10 hours
b- 2 hours
c- 20 hours
d- 12 hours
M.C.Qs
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After death clouding of the cornea
appears with in:
a- 3 hours
b- 12 hours
c- 6 hours
d- 2 hours
M.C.Qs
Factors that delay the onset of rigor
mortis:
1. Low environmental temperature.
2. Rapid deaths following pressure on the
neck.
3. Poisoning by arsenic.
4. All of the above.
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M.C.Qs
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As regard the contact flattening:
a- Absent in dependent area pressed against hard
surface.
b- Occur after cellular death.
c- The skin is pale due to mechanical compression
of the vessels in this area.
d- Site of it is fixed on the back of the body.
TRUE OR FALSE
with explanation
How to answer?
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The new born infant putrefies slowly (
Rigor mortis start first in large and more
active muscles (
).
*Putrefaction is a biological process, while
adipocere is a physical change (
‫مهم لها تفسيران فى األجابة‬
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).
In some cases a cause of death may be a
disease and manner is homicide ( ).
A cause of death may have several
mechanisms (
).
).
Complete
How to answer?
Join between right statements of both columns:
Appearance of dry scab and epithelial
a)6-12 hours
regeneration of healed abrasions is at …..
After death temperature of internal
b) 18-24 hs
organs is the same as environment in …...
After death blood dextrose reach a level
> 300 mg/dl within……. ..
c) 2-3 days
Bruises are dark blue in color after ..…..
d)2 week
Maceration takes about ……. To develop.
e) one week
Arborization sign appears at end of …..
f) 3 days
Hypostasis is completely developed
within………
g) 48 hours
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After death serum enzymes show a slow
linear increase for about …………………
After death the body cavities rupture
with in ………….
At the time of death the IOT reduce to
be ………………….
After death clouding of cornea appears
within …………………..
Short essay
How to answer?
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Compare between hypostasis & bruises.
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Enumerate factors that hasten rigor.
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Compare between rigor mortis and
cadaveric spasm.
Discuss Death-like state (suspended
animation).
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Illustrate the Examination of teeth marks.
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Enumerate ML deaths.
Define the followings:
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Barany’s test.
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Arborization of the skin.
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Doll’s eye sign.
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Sudden unexpected death.
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Adipocere formation
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Molecular death.
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Dactylography.