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GHS-Autopsy
GHS Autopsy Test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| deaths under these circumstances must be investigated | Violent crime, suicide, or accident |
| natural death | when the doctor is not present or the patient is not under the care of a medical facility |
| communicable disease | disease that may pose a threat to public health |
| Medical examiners | determine the time and manner of death |
| Natural death | most common; body function failure as a result of age, illness, or disease |
| Accident | unintentional |
| Suicide | victim intentionally took his/her own life |
| Homicide | one individual takes the life of another intentionally or through a negligent or reckless act |
| Undetermined death | the pathologist is not able to determine the manner of death, even after all internal and external |
| Coroner | elected officials that determine cause of death at crime scene |
| Forensic pathologists | medical doctors trained to identify why and how someone died |
| Medical examiners are always | medical doctors |
| Some medical examiners can be certified as this | forensic pathologists |
| preliminary investigation | 1st step of investigation and is conducted at death scene |
| morgue | place the body is transported to the where the medical examiner will examine the body and perform the autopsy |
| Postmortem interval (PMI) | the time between the death and the discovery of the body |
| Livor mortis | the body’s change in color as the blood pools due to gravity |
| Rigor mortis | the stiffening of the body due to the lack of ATP in muscle cells |
| This is first apparent 2 to 4 hours after death | rigormortis |
| This usually subsides within 36 hours after death | rigormortis |
| Cause of death | the immediate reason for a person’s death |
| Mechanism of death | the body’s physiological response that caused the cessation of life |
| Biological evidence | material from living or once-living sources |
| Nonbiological evidence | material from nonliving sources |
| Algor mortis | the postmortem cooling of the body |
| Normal body temp | 98.6°F |
| 1.5°F every hour | degrees body temperature falls |
| ambient temperature | (the temp of the area surrounding the body) |
| Toxicology | the science related to the detection of drugs, alcohol, and poisons |
| Histology | the study of body tissues for abnormalities or disease |
| Neuropathology | the study of disease and trauma associated with the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves |
| Over half of all death cases encountered by the medical examiner | associated with the nervous system |
| Forensic serology | the study of blood, semen, and other body fluids with reference to legal matters |
| Summary of the findings with the medical examiner’s | opinion is a brief description of the cause and manner of death |
| Autopsy | postmortem examination of the body |
| person who performs an autopsy | pathologist |
| Who can request an autopsy | surviving family or coroner |
| Where is a body stored before an autopsy | refrigeration unit |
| How much does a private autopsy cost | anywhere from 6,000 to 8,000 dollars |
| Who pays for an autopsy ordered by the coroner | the state |
| What is a diener | person going into medical field who does most of the physical work of the autopsy |
| What is a prosector | anthropologist in training who monitors and assists as needed |
| body block | rubber or plastic mold that holds body in place and protrudes chest forward |
| most typical method of organ removal | rokitansky method where all organs are removed at once |
| kind of saw is used to cut the skull open | electric saw |
| holds the brain in the head | spinal cord |
| What must be done to the brain before it is to be examined | firm it in formaldehyde for several weeks |
| type of knife is used to slice open the organs | bread knife |
| What three things are done to each of the internal organs | separated, weighed and examined/sectioned |
| What does it mean to "run the gut" | removal of bowels and stomach |
| How long are slides of organ samples kept | 30 years |
| What is the time table for an autopsy report to be filed | 4 to 6 weeks |
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