PBS - AUTOPSIES

What is the false of a Coroner and a Medical Examiner?

• Coroner is an elected official

• Medical examiner is an appointed medical doctor

• Coroner can be a medical doctor

• Medical examiner is an elected official

In order to dissect a body, a "____" incision is made. 

• X
• Y
• Z
• I

Who performs the autopsy?

• coroner

• pathologist (medical examiner)

• Surgeon

• toxicologist

A new body bag is used for each body.

• true

• false

T or F - The organs are returned to the body after and autopsy.

• True

• False

Why is the stomach not weighed during an autopsy

• the last meal can affect the weight

• The weight is not important for any viable diagnosis

• The weight varies too much between individuals to have relavance

• The stomach is weighed

The five means by which someone dies

• death

• manner of death

• cause of death

• mechanism of death

the stiffening of the skeletal muscles shortly after death

• livor mortis
• autolysis
• rigor mortis
• algor mortis

the cooling of body temperature after death

• rigor mortis
• algor mortis
• livor mortis
• autolysis

the immediate reason for a person's death

• death
• mechanism of death
• cause of death 
• manner of death