Pathology Quiz

What do you call someone who studies insects and decomposition?

• forensic entomologist

• forensic serologist

• forensic anthropologist

• forensic toxicologist

Which of the following best describes rigor mortis?

• It is the pooling of blood after deaath

• It is the stiffening of muscles after death

• It is the cooling of the body after death

 Rate of cooling helps in determining 

• Manner of death
• Time of death
• Place of death
• Cause of death

Algor mortis means roughly: 

• death heat and describes the temperature gain in a corpse.
• death heat and describes the temperature loss in a corpse.
• death chill and describes the temperature loss in a corpse.
• None of these choices.

The specific change in the body that brought about the body's inner workings to stop is called the: (the medical reason for death)

• manner of death

• cause of death

• mechanism of death

• type of death

Which of these is NOT a concern of a forensic pathologist?

• Determining cause of death

• Identifying the killer

• Determining Manner of death

• Identity of victim

What is the MAIN purpose of an autopsy?

• find cause of death

• collect trace evidence

• determine identity of victim

What is the mechanism/cause of death?

• events surrounding the death

• pathological process, disease, or injury that resulted in death

Which of the following is NOT a category for manner of death?

• homicide

• natural

• suicide

• manslaughter

Which of the following might be collected during an autopsy?

• hairs/fibers

• gun shot residue

• body fluids

• all of the above