Forensic medicine Flashcards
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| 4298964301 | Forensic Medicine | The application of scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of crime. Uses highly devolped technologies to uncover scentific evidence of a crime, | 0 | |
| 4298964302 | Autopsy | AKA post-martem examination A highly specialized surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse. Usually performed by a specialized medical doctor called a pathologist | 1 | |
| 4298964303 | Anthropology | The study of humankind, past and present. | 2 | |
| 4298964304 | Rigor mortis | One of the recognizable signs of death, caused by chemical changes in the muscles after death, causing the limbs of the corpse to become stuff and difficult to move or manipulate In humans, it commences after about 3 or 4 hours reaches maximum stiffness after 12 hours, and gradually lessens until approximeny 48 to 60 hours after deathx | 3 | |
| 4298964305 | Lividity | One of the signs of death A settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body, causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin. When the beat stops functioning and is no longer agitating the blood, heavy red blood cells sick through the serum by action of gravity | 4 | |
| 4298964306 | Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) | A molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses | 5 | |
| 4298964307 | Serology | The scientific study of plasma serum and other bodily fluids The detection, classification and study of various bodily fluids such as blood, semen, fecal. | 6 | |
| 4298964308 | Odontology | The scientific study of the structure and diseases of teeth. The application of dental knowledge to those criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system | 7 |