Quiz Review: 1.2.1 "Anatomy of an Autopsy"

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

• Mechanism of death

• Manner of death

• Mode of death

• Cause of death

The definition of MANNER of Death is:

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

• Being pushed.

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

• Homicide.

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

• General Practitioner

• Medical Examiner

• Respiratory Therapist

• Cardiac Surgeon

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

• Visualizing

• Examining

• Grossing

• Observing

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:

• The time of death.

• What kind of food the person liked.

• Whether they ate healthy or not.

• What kind of medications they took.

This system is composed of the skin, hair, and nails and functions in protection, absorption, secretion, regulation, and sensation:

• Digestive system

• integumentary system

• Respiratory system

• Skeletal System

What system pumps blood from the heart to the lungs, where it picks up oxygen, through the kidneys, which remove toxic waste, and the to liver, which processes blood from the digestive tract?

• The heart system.

• The blood system.

• The artery/vein system

• The cardiovascular system

Which part of the Immune system has clear fluid that contains a high concentration of white blood cells and plays an important role in the immune response.

Answer explanation

the lymph system is part of the immune system, but it specifically has clear fluid.

What is another name for the urinary system?

• adrenal system

• endocrine system

• renal system

• waste system

Identify the sex chromosomes that you would typically expect to have gonads that make testosterone in high amounts to develop secondary sex characteristics and sperm.

• xx

• xy