Assertion: vitreous humor | /r/HasProperty | preferred to blood
Facets:
value: for most post-mortem biochemistry
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Vitreous humour is preferred to blood for most post-mortem biochemistry (Table 44.2), since it is thought to be far less susceptible to autolytic change, is less likely to be subject to post-mortem contamination by diffusion of drugs or other poisons that may be present at high concentration in the thorax or abdomen at death, and lies within the relatively protected environment of the eye socket.