LONG QUIZ 2

LEGAL MEDICINE
Name: _____________________________ Score: ________________ Rating: ________________

I. IDENTIFICATION: Identify what is being asked. Wrong spelling is wrong. (1 point each)

________________________1. Age of absolute irresponsibility.

________________________2. In this stage, the muscles become flaccid, no longer capable of responding to mechanical or
electrical stimulus and the reaction becomes alkaline. This stage is the onset of putrefaction.
________________________3. It is responsible for the red color of blood.
________________________4. It is a comprehensive study of a dead body, performed by a trained physician employing
recognized dissection procedure and techniques
________________________5. This is not really death but merely a transient loss of consciousness or temporary cessation of
the vital functions of the body on account of disease or external stimulus
________________________6. The whole body becomes rigid due to the contraction of the muscles this develops how many
hours after death?
________________________7. A French Criminologist who devised scheme using anthropometrical measurement of the human
body.
________________________8. This is the discoloration of the body after death when the blood tends to pool in the blood
vessels of the most dependent portions of the body which appears 20-30 minute after death and complete in about 12 hours.
________________________9. It is the cessation of life of the individual cells in the body which occurs one at a time after
somatic death.
________________________10. It is the complete cessation of all the vital functions without possibility of resuscitation.
________________________11. In this stage of muscle tissue after death, the whole body becomes rigid due to the contraction
of the muscles.
________________________12. This is the stiffening of the body that occurs immediately after death.
________________________13. It is the study of handwriting for the purpose of determining the writer’s personality, character
and aptitude.
________________________14. It is the state of the body in which there is complete, persistent and continuous cessation of the
vital functions of the brain, heart and lungs which maintain life and health
________________________15. It is a soapy or waxy material, rancid in smell, dissolves in alcohol and ether when burned
produces yellow flame.

III. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE: Write T is the statement is correct and F if otherwise. Underline the word/phrases that
make the sentence vague and modify it accordingly. (1 point each)

_________16. Death investigation is a complex interaction of nerves, memory and muscular movement.

_________17. The change of voice in male and female occurs at the age of 18-21 years old.

_________18. The criminal liability of a person is extinguished by death.

_________19. Cooling of the body is also called livor mortis.

_________20. According to the presumption of survivorship, if one be under 15 or over 60 years old and the other between those
ages, the former is presumed to have survived.

The past cannot be changed, the future is yet in your power.

_________21. Human skeleton does not change after 10 years.

_________22. Autopsy refers to the external examination of a dead body without incision being made, although blood and other
body fluids may be collected for examination

_________23. Rigor mortis may determine whether the position of the body has been changed after its appearance in the body.

_________24. A person can hold his breath not longer than 3 ¾ minutes.

_________25. Male bones are usually smaller, lighter and smother than that of female.

II. MATCHING TYPE: Match Column A from Column B accordingly. Write your answer on the space provided. (1 point
each)
A B
_________26. 1 month a. Nails begin to appear. Placenta is formed sex organs have appeared.
_________27. 2 months b. Soft tissues continue to putrefy.
_________28. 3 months c. Eyelashes and eyebrows begin to appear.
_________29. 4 months d. Skin wrinkled and flesh colored. Nails reach end of the fingers.
_________30. 5 months e. A condition where there is a removal of the body fluid before decomposition sets in
that resulted to sinking and preservation of the body.
_________31. 6 months f. eyes and nose are recognizable
_________32. 7 months g. It is the formation of a soft, friable and brownish white greasy substance.
_________33. 8 months h. Eyelids open. Body is dark red and with hair at the scalp.
_________34. 9 months i. Maggots are seen.
_________35. After 1-2 days j. Skin begins to be covered by Vernex Caseossa.
_________36. After 3 days k. Body is completely skeletonized
_________37. After 7 days l. scalp covered with dark hair
_________38. After 2 weeks m. eyes are seen as 2 dark spots.
_________39. After 1 month n. Detachment of the hairs and nails from its attachment.
_________40. Mummification o. Rigor mortis is absent, putrefaction changes, muscles soft and flaccid.
p. Fingerprint begins to appear.
IV. ENUMERATION (1 point each)
A. Aims of Autopsy
41.
42.
B. Changes in the Body following Death
43.
44.
C. Importance of Death Determination
45.
46.
D. Medico – legal importance in the study of blood
47.
48.
E. Importance of Age Determination
49.
50.
The past cannot be changed, the future is yet in your power.