Pathology

Question 1

Cause of death

Answer 1

Conditions that caused death, ex- heart attack due to heart disease

Question 2

Manner of death

Answer 2

Homicide, suicide, natural, accidental

Question 3

Medical examiner

Answer 3

Physician, special pathology training

Question 4

Mechanical trauma

Answer 4

Occurs when the force applied to a tissue exceeds mechanical or tensile strength of that tissue- blunt or sharp force

Question 5

Blunt force trauma

Answer 5

Caused by nonsharp objects. Produce lacerations

Question 6

Lacerations

Answer 6

Tears in tissues

Question 7

Sharp force trauma

Answer 7

From sharp objects that pierce the skin and produce incised wounds

Question 8

Exsanguination

Answer 8

Fatal loss of blood

Question 9

Contusion

Answer 9

Accumulation of blood in the tissues

Question 10

Hematoma

Answer 10

Blood tumor or extreme contusion

Question 11

Asphyxia

Answer 11

Mechanical trauma in which the body is deprived of oxygen

Question 12

Stippling

Answer 12

Small red dots caused by unburned gunpowder that penetrates the skin and burns it

Question 13

Thermal trauma

Answer 13

Hypo/hyperthermia

Question 14

Rigor mortis

Answer 14

Stiffening of the body after death, begins 2-6 h, ends around 24 h, caused by calcium channels opening

Question 15

Livor mortis

Answer 15

The settling of blood due to gravity after the heart no longer circulates it through the body, peaks at 3-4 h

Question 16

Petechiae

Answer 16

Pinpoint hemorrhages found around the eyes, the lining of the mouth, and throat often seen in hanging or strangulation victims

Question 17

Tardieu spots

Answer 17

Petechiae