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ChapterForensic Medicine Forensic Pathology

Time Since Death Estimation

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1

First sign of putrefaction in a dead body:

APutrefaction

BMummification

CGreenish discoloration of right iliac fossa

DMaggot formation

2

A dead body shows diatoms in bone marrow on forensic examination. Time since death is 6 hours. What does it indicate?

AAnte-mortem drowning

BNon-specific finding

CCannot differentiate

DPost-mortem drowning

3

What is the cooling curve of the body post-mortem?

ALinear

BHyperbola

CSigmoid

DParabola

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