Terminology related to Autopsies

The specific injury, trauma, or disease that directly caused the victim's death is called:

• Mechanism of Death

• Mode of Death

• Cause of Death

• Manner of Death

Which choice is fits the description for MECHANISM OF DEATH?

• The instrument that may have caused a death.

• The circumstances that result in death, which are designated as natural or unnatural

• Homicide

• What happens physiologically (inside the body) to result in death

The definition of MANNER of Death is:

• The circumstances that result in death, which are designated as natural or unnatural

• Was pushed

• Internal bleeding

• The exact thing that happened in the body to cause death.

A physician who performs an autopsy when a death might have been caused accidentally or intentionally is called:

Visually inspecting the organs or tissues and describing what is seen is referred to as:

• Scanning

• Observing

• Grossing

• Visualizing

During an autopsy, The stomach contents are examined. The identity and degree of digestion of foods (or other items such as pills) is determined. This analysis may help determine:

• What kind of food the person liked.

• Whether they ate healthy or not.

• The time of death.

• What kind of medications they took.

What is the correct definition of an autopsy?

• A postmortem evaluation to determine cause of death.

• Looking at the deceased body during gross examination.

• Embalming a body.