Pathology

Question 1

Medical doctor who investigates and studies diseases in humans.

Answer 1

Pathologist

Question 2

A pathologist who studies disease and trauma leading to death.

Answer 2

Forensic pathologist

Question 3

Branch of medicine used for legal purposes and concerned with determining cause of death, examination of injuries due to crime and negligence. and examination of tissue samples relevant to crimes.

Answer 3

Forensic Pathology

Question 4

Combination or the Greek terms “autos”( self or with one’s own) and “opsomei”( seeing with eyes), thus meaning seeing with ones own eyes

Answer 4

Autopsy

Question 5

Physician trained in pathology and forensic pathology

Answer 5

Medical examiner system

Question 6

Investigators of unusual or suspicious deaths, the one in charge

Answer 6

Coroner system

Question 7

Most recent condition, Next oldest condition, Oldest(origin/initiating) condition

Answer 7

Causes of death

Question 8

Homicide,Suicide,accidental,natural

Answer 8

Manner of death

Question 9

Stiffening of body after death as muscle membranes become more permeable to Ca2+

Answer 9

Rigor mortis

Question 10

Settling of blood that is no longer circulating from gravity

Answer 10

Liver mortis

Question 11

Decrease in body temperature after death

Answer 11

Algor mortis

Question 12

red or purple spots on the body, caused by a minor hemorrhage

Answer 12

Petechiae

Question 13

Mechanical, chemical, thermal, electrical, radiation, blast

Answer 13

Classification of trauma

Question 14

sharp force or blunt force, gun shot or asphyxia

Answer 14

Mechanical trauma

Question 15

Hypo or hypothermia

Answer 15

thermal trauma

Question 16

A discoloration of skin caused by poisoning

Answer 16

Carbon monoxide poisoning

Question 17

A new imaging, non invasive technique that scans the entire body and captures two dimensional and three dimensional images to generate the same conclusions that hours of classical autopsy.

Answer 17

Virtopsy