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Criminal law identifies offences against the state, persons and property, and explains the requirements of actus reus and mens rea for establishing liability. It also covers stages of crime, abetment, attempt, joint and common intention, general exceptions, criminal responsibility and punishments, distinguishing substantive offences from criminal procedure.
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221. The wound pierces the skin deeper structure and enters into natural cavities of the body are called?
- A. Penetratiny wound
- B. Performating wound
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: A penetrating wound enters a body cavity without passing all the way through it; a perforating wound has both an entry and an exit wound.
Correct answer: Penetratiny wound- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. None of above
Explanation: Stab or punctured wounds are commonly divided into penetrating wounds, which have no exit wound, and perforating wounds, which pass…
Correct answer: Two- A. Incised wound
- B. Lacerated wound
- C. Bruise
- D. None of above
Explanation: A sharp cutting instrument separates tissues cleanly, producing an incised wound.
Correct answer: Incised wound- A. Contusion
- B. Bruise
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: A contusion is the medical term for a bruise: blood escapes from damaged small vessels into nearby tissues while the skin remains…
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. Pressure
- B. Impact
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: The ligature in hanging presses and rubs against the skin, producing a pressure abrasion known as the ligature mark.
Correct answer: Pressure- A. Graze abrasion
- B. Sliding abrasion
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: A graze abrasion is also called a sliding or scraping abrasion, produced when the skin moves against a rough surface.
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. One
- B. Two
- C. Three
- D. Four
Explanation: Abrasion is commonly classified into four types: scratch, graze, pressure and impact abrasions.
Correct answer: Four- A. Mechanical injury
- B. Thermal injury
- C. Chemical injury
- D. All of above
Explanation: Acids and alkalis damage tissues through their chemical action, so the resulting injury is classified as a chemical injury.
Correct answer: Chemical injury- A. Incised wound
- B. Lacerated wound
- C. Stab and fire-arm wound
- D. All of above
Explanation: Wounds may be classified by their causative mechanism, including incised, lacerated, stab and firearm wounds.
Correct answer: All of above- A. Injury
- B. Hurt
- C. Wound
- D. All of above
Explanation: A wound is the disruption or dissolution of the normal continuity of a body tissue.
Correct answer: Wound- A. External
- B. Internal
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: A complete post-mortem examination includes external inspection of the body and internal examination of its organs.
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. Determine cause of death
- B. Determine age
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: The central purpose of a post-mortem examination is to establish the cause of death, and often its manner and approximate time.
Correct answer: Determine cause of death- A. Four to five
- B. Seven to ten
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: After the larval stage, the blowfly enters the pupal stage and commonly emerges as an adult in about seven to ten days.
Correct answer: Seven to ten- A. Two to four
- B. Three to six
- C. Eight to twenty four
- D. None of above
Explanation: Blowfly eggs generally hatch into maggots within about 8 to 24 hours under suitable conditions.
Correct answer: Eight to twenty four- A. Late time
- B. Calculated period
- C. Post-mortem interval
- D. None of above
Explanation: The interval from death until the body is examined is called the post-mortem interval.
Correct answer: Post-mortem interval- A. Haermorrhage
- B. Asphyxia
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Excessive bleeding from a major blood vessel or internal organ is haemorrhage, which can cause severe anaemia and death.
Correct answer: Haermorrhage- A. Syncope
- B. Asphxia
- C. Coma
- D. None of above
Explanation: When the heart stops functioning first, the mode of death is termed syncope.
Correct answer: Syncope- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. None of above
Explanation: Forensic medicine commonly divides death into somatic death, involving the organism as a whole, and molecular or cellular death, involving…
Correct answer: Two- A. Heart
- B. Brain
- C. Lungs
- D. None of above
Explanation: The heart is the central muscular pump of the cardiovascular system, circulating blood through the pulmonary and systemic vessels.
Correct answer: Heart- A. Arteries
- B. Capillaries
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: Arteries carry blood away from the heart, whether the blood is oxygenated or deoxygenated.
Correct answer: Arteries