chapter 5

Question 1

Why is the body exaimned

Answer 1

to establish a cause and manner of death

Question 2

What may be retained for examination?

Answer 2

Tissues and organs

Question 3

What can be Evidence from the Autopsy?

Answer 3

Victims clothing, fingernail scrapings, combings from head and pubic hair

Question 4

What is a External examination-

Answer 4

Broad overview of the condition of the body and the clothing and also classifying the injuries

Question 5

What does the internal examination generally entail?

Answer 5

the removal of all internal organs through a Y-shaped incision beginning at the top of each shoulder and extending down to the pubic bone

Question 6

what is a Toxicology

Answer 6

Blood test for drug abuse,

Question 7

What can toxicology tests be used for other than for drugs

Answer 7

for poisons and also radioactive tests

Question 8

What is a Blunt-Force Injury

Answer 8

caused by non-sharp objects such as a bat or a pipe.

Question 9

What can a blunt force injury cause

Answer 9

Can cause confusion, concussions, and bleeding under the skin

Question 10

What is a Sharp-Force Injury

Answer 10

Caused by weapons with sharp edges such as knife or blades

Question 11

What is Asphyxia

Answer 11

encompasses a variety of conditions that involve interference with intake of oxygen

Question 12

What is a Gunshot wound

Answer 12

originate from projectiles fired by a firearm

Question 13

What are the common causes of death

Answer 13

blunt force injuries
sharp force injuries
Asphyxia
Gunshot wounds
substance abuse

Question 14

What is the most common factor of death?

Answer 14

drug abuse

Question 15

What are the 5 manners of death?

Answer 15

Homicide
Suicide
Accidental
Natural
undetermined

Question 16

What is the most common manner of death

Answer 16

natural

Question 17

What can someone use to estimate time of death

Answer 17

algor mortis
livor mortis
rigor mortis

Question 18

What is algor mortis

Answer 18

When the body temperature decreases until it matches the environment

Question 19

What is Livor mortis

Answer 19

results in the settling of blood in areas of the body closest to the ground

Question 20

What is rigor mortis

Answer 20

The stiffening of the body parts in the position of death

Question 21

How long does it take for rigor mortis to disappear

Answer 21

36 hours

Question 22

What is Forensic Anthropology

Answer 22

identification and examination of human skeletal remains

Question 23

what is Forensic Entomology

Answer 23

Insect life around dead bodies, used to estimate date and time of death of victim

Question 24

What does an internal examination entail? (24 and later one)

Answer 24

weighing, dissecting, and sectioning each organ of the body

Question 25

What can be used for a toxicology test other than blood?

Answer 25

stomach content, bile, and urine

Question 26

What is the role of the forensic pathologist

Answer 26

determining the cause of an undetermined or unexpected death

Question 27

Describe autopsy

Answer 27

the examination of a body after death

Question 28

Define cause of death

Answer 28

The cause of death is defined as that which initiates the series of events ending in death