6.

THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE THAT DEALS WITH THE APPLICATION OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE TO
LEGAL PROBLEMS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
7. THE WORD 'PATHOLOGY' LITERALLY MEANS?
8. THE STUDY OF DRUG ACTION
9. THE STUDY OF MEDICINES DERIVED FROM NATURAL SOURCES
10. IT IS THE OLDEST MEDICO-LEGAL CODE DATING BACK TO 2200 BC.
11. HE KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF SURGERY AND MODERN FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
12. HE IS CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF LEGAL MEDICINE.
13. WHAT DOES THE TERM MEDICO-LEGAL MEAN?
28. IT IS THE CESSATION OF LIFE, DECEASE, DEMISE, DEPARTURE FROM LIFE, DYING, EBB OF
LIFE, END OF LIFE, EXPIRATION, EXTINGUISHMENT, FAILURE OF VITAL FUNCTIONS, FATALITY,
LOSS OF LIFE, MORTALITY, PASSING AWAY, TERMINATION OF LIFE.
31. DEATH RESULTS PRIMARILY FROM THE FAILURES OF THE VITAL CENTERS OF THE BRAIN; THE
PERSON BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS AND LOSES ALL REFLEXES, AFTER WHICH THE HEART AND LUNGS
SLOWLY CEASE TO FUNCTION.
32. DEATH OCCURS PRIMARILY AS A RESULT OF HEART FAILURE, POSSIBLY DUE TO BLOOD LOSS,
POWER LOSS OF THE HEART MUSCLE, OR NEUROGENIC SHOCK.
33. DEATH OCCURS PRIMARILY WHEN THE RESPIRATORY FUNCTION OF LUNGS STOPS AS A RESULT OF
LACK OF OXYGEN, RESULTING IN FAILURE OF THE HEART AND BRAIN.
34. THE PERSON KILLED WAS THE FATHER, MOTHER, OR CHILD, WHETHER LEGITIMATE OR
ILLEGITIMATE IN RELATION WITH THE OFFENDER, OR OTHER LEGITIMATE ASCENDANTS, OR
DESCENDANTS OR SPOUSE OF THE OFFENDER.
35. THERE WAS THE INTENT OF THE OFFENDER TO KILL THE VICTIM.
36. THERE IS THE INTENTION ON THE PART OF THE OFFENDER TO KILL THE VICTIM AND SUCH
PRESUMPTION CAN BE INFERRED FROM THE DEATH OF THE VICTIM.
37. THE PERSON KILLED WAS A CHILD LESS THAN THREE DAYS OLD.
38. THAT THE ACTUAL KILLER IS NOT KNOWN.
39. WITHOUT FAULT AND WITH NO INTENTION OF CAUSING IT.
40. IT REFERS TO DEATH DUE TO RECKLESS IMPRUDENCE.
41. IT IS THE MEDICAL TERM FOR CESSATION OF BLOOD CIRCULATION AND BREATHING.
42. IT IS THE DEATH OF ALL INDIVIDUAL CELLS WITHIN THE BODY.
43. THIS CONDITION 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, EXTERNAL
STIMULUS OR OTHER FORMS OF INFLUENCE.
49. THIS STAGE IS PERFORMED BY THE PNP INVESTIGATOR OR INVESTIGATOR-ON-CASE (IOC).
50. THIS STAGE IS PERFORMED BY A MEDICO-LEGAL OFFICER (MLO) ONLY.
51. HOW MANY HOURS DOES THE INITIAL PHASE OF A MAJOR CASE OF CRIMES OF VIOLENCE
INVESTIGATION SUCH AS MURDER IS CRUCIAL?
70. WHAT IS THE FULL TITLE OF YOUR SUBJECT?

1-2. WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION?

3-5. WHAT ARE THE THREE TOOLS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION?
44-48. WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANCE OF DEATH DETERMINATION?
52-63. WHAT ARE THE INITIAL INFORMATION TO BE CLARIFIED AND ASSESSED IN ORDER TO
SURVEY THE SITUATION AND TO CREATE BASES FOR PRIORITIES AND DIRECTIONS
64-69. WHAT ARE THE CHECKLIST FOR THE CONDUCT OF INVESTIGATION OF CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.
29-30.TWO GENERAL KINDS OF DEATH
14-27. EXAMPLES OF CASES THAT USUALLY HAVE MEDICO- LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

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