Done on a human body with the consent of the deceased person’s relatives.

Is the termination of life. It is the complete cessation of the vital functions without possibility of resuscitation.

The process that causes one or more vital organs or organ systems to fail when a fatal disease, injury, abnormality, or chemical insult occurs; it is the functional–physiologic or structural change that makes independent life no longer possible after a lethal event has occurred.

Refers to external examination of a dead body without incision being made, although blood and other fluids may be collected.

Is the explanation as to how the cause of death came into being or how the cause of death arose.

Is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.

Refers to deliberately ending someone’s life, usually to relieve suffering.

IT is something that happens outside the sway of our will, although it comes about through some act of will, lies beyond bounds of human foreseeable consequences.

Fatality is caused solely by disease.

It is a state of temporary cessation of vital activities of the body or the vital processes were depressed to the minimum compatible with life. It is a transient loss of consciousness or temporary cessation of vital functions of the body on account of disease.

It is a complete, continuous, persistent cessation of respiration, circulation and almost all brain functions of an organism. A state of the body that shows complete loss of sensibility and ability to move and there is complete cessation of the functions of the brain, the heart and the lungs.

The condition of death wherein the patient regresses, gives up or surrenders, accepting death prematurely and refuses to continue living. It occurs prematurely if the patient has excessive fear of his illness and views it as lending to immediate death.

The type of death characterized by the absence of cognitive function or awareness, although artificial support system may maintain organ functioning.

The normal body temperature in a living person is 37 degree Celsius or 98.3 degrees Fahrenheit but upon death the temperature gradually decreases. The fall of____ is considered as death of the body.

Civil personality of a natural person is _____upon death. 'The effect of death upon the rights, powers and obligations of the deceased is determined by law, contract and will.

A person can hold his breath not longer than but a persistent, continuous cessation of breathing after 5 minutes without spontaneous breathing and repeated testing for at least two minutes interval at each testing is considered as a respiratory failure.

In________________, there is an increase of temperature due to fast, early putrefactive and chemical changes in the body, which occur in about after death. It occurs especially in persons who died from infectious diseases and strychnine poisoning.

A condition characterized by hardening of the muscles due to coagulation of muscle proteins when the dead body is exposed to intense heat as by burning or immersion in a hot liquid.

Post-mortem lividity or livor mortis is therefore, a discoloration of the body after death, when the blood tends to pool in the blood vessels of the most dependent portion of the body and which appears 20-30 minutes after death and complete in about

The onset of Rigor Mortis is about 2-6 hours after death and is completed in about hours in the Philippines and other tropical countries

The rate of emptying of the stomach varies so that it is very difficult to estimate the time of death in a person, however, the state of the stomach and its contents might help in the estimation of the time of death. It usually takes hours for the stomach to empty its contents after heavy meal.

The medical dissection and examination of case of death is called

  If fleas in the clothing of the drowned person are still alive, then the person has been dead in water for

Post-mortem Lividity is when the discoloration is due to the blood pooled in the most dependent areas of the body, if the blood is permanent then it is called?

Importance of Post-mortem Lividity; except one.

It is the process of dissolution of tissues by the digestive action of its enzymes and bacteria that results to softening and liquefaction of tissues and usually accompanied by the liberation of foul-smelling gases and change of color of the tissues.

The flies will be attracted to the dead body during putrefaction and sipped the juicy portion of the tissues: lay eggs which hatch within ____to form maggots and which again feed vigorously in the damage tissues.

It is the instant stiffening of a certain group of muscles which occurs immediately at the moment of death and although its cause is unknown is associated with violent death due to extreme nervous tension, fatigue and injury to the nervous system.

It is the stage of muscular change upon death characterized by relaxation of muscles and loss of their natural tone so that the jaw or the head drops down; the thorax collapses.

Is a condition in which foreign matters are introduced in the blood stream causing sudden block to the blood flow in the finer arterioles and capillaries.

The softening of the soft tissue when in a fluid medium in the absence of putrefactive microorganism which is frequently observed in the death of the fetus in the uterus.

A condition where there is removal of the body fluid before decomposition sets in that resulted to shrinking and preservation of the dead body. If the dead body is buried or exposed to a dry, hot sandy soil and warm environment with considerable air movement, the body will not decompose but instead become dried and be preserved for an indefinite period of time.

It often crystallizes the last activity one did before death and is therefore significant in forensic investigations.

A condition characterized by hardening of the muscles due to solidification of fats, muscles and fluid when the body is exposed to extremely cold o freezing temperature.

It is a condition of a dead body usually the fetus characterized by softening and discoloration of tissues as well as the formation of blisters in the skin due to action of autolytic and poteolytic enzymes in the absence of putrefactive bacteria.

It is the lividity when the discoloration is due to the blood pooled in the most dependent areas of the body. The blood merely gravitates into the most dependent portions of the body but still inside the blood vessels and still fluid in form.

It is the discoloration of the body after death

It is the cooling of the body after death.

It is the stiffening of the muscles after death.

It is a sharp cut injury which may be limited to skin or further deep down in the subcutaneous tissue including the blood vessels, wounds are caused by sharp edged instruments such as a knife, blade, or a broken glass and is relatively a clean wound.

Wounds produced by blunt instruments. It is a rupture or tear in the skin or mucous membrane, muscles, any internal organ or underlying tissues as a result of application of blunt force.

Wounds which when inflicted to the body are immediately followed by death or one which is serious that will endanger the life of the victim.

Wounds which when inflicted to the body are not immediately followed by death or one which is not so serious that will endanger the life of the victim.

Wounds produced by sharp edge and sharp pointed Instrument.

. Injuries sustained by the victims attempting to defend themselves from attack.

  It is a loss of blood from a blood vessel that collects inside the body.

It is the displacement of the articular surfaces of the bones forming the joints.

It is large extravasations in a newly formed cavity secondary trauma characterized by swelling, discoloration of tissues and effusion of blood underneath the tissues.

A sac-like pocket of membranous tissue that contains fluid, air, or other substances.

These are minute, pin point, circumscribed extravasation of blood in the sub cutaneous tissues or underneath the mucous membrane.

Wound where there is a break in the overlying skin or tissues

Wound where there is no break in the overlying skin or tissues.

It is the physical injury which is found not at the site or opposite the site of the application of force but in some areas offering the latest resistance to the force applied.

It is the physical injury which is found at the site of the application of force and will develop a s a natural consequences of the force applied

It is the physical injury which is found at the site and also opposite the site of the application of force.

It is the physical injury which is found at the opposite site of the application of force/opposite site of impact

Wound which involves the outer layer of the skin or tissues of the body.

Wound wherein the instrument pierces a solid organ or tissues

Wound where there is communication between the outer and inner portions of the hollow organs.

the presence of ________ is the conclusive evidence of being male