Biomedical terms

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

• medical examiner

• Manner of Death

• molecule

• metabolism

A physician who performs an autopsy when a death might have
been caused accidentally or intentionally. In some jurisdictions,
the Medical Examiner may also serve as the coroner.

• organ

• Mitral Valve

• Manner of Death

• medical examiner

The chemical reaction processes of breaking down molecules
for energy and of using simple building blocks to build up more
complex molecules needed for growth and repair

• metabolism

• papillary muscle

• pulmonary circulation

• organ

Separates the left atrium from the left ventricle

• Mitral Valve

• Physical digestion

• nervous system

• right atrium

A group of atoms held together by chemical bonds.

• Physiological time of death

• pulmonary circulation

• rigor mortis

• molecule

contains the brain, brain stem, spinal cord, and nerves. The ner-
vous system is responsible for receiving, interpreting, and reacting
to signals from inside and outside the body

• rigor mortis

• pulmonary veins

• Manner of Death

• nervous system

A substance that the body needs to maintain life and health, such
as proteins, lipids, vitamins, and minerals

• system

• Presumptive tests

• nutrient

• Tricuspid Valve

A collection of tissues in an organism that performs a specific
function, such as the heart, brain, skin, and liver

• tissue

• ventricle

• vein

• organ

A group of organs that work together to perform one or more
functions

• Physical digestion

• organ system

• Pulmonary Valve

• system

Muscles located in the ventricles that attach to the cusps of the
tricuspid and mitral valves via the chordae tendinae

• Tricuspid Valve

• superior vena cava

• right atrium

• papillary muscle