Autopsy Vocab

A postmortem examination of the body, including dissection to determine cause of death.

• a well visit at the doctor's

• a sick visit at the doctor's

• body reconstruction

• autopsy

Latin translation means death color. The process of blood settling as soon as the heart stops and the blood vessels and tissues breakdown.

• river mortis

• algor mortis

• rigor mortis

• livor mortis

The interval of time between when death occurs and the body is discovered.

• premortem interval

• postmortem interval

• death interval

• death time

the stiffening of skeletal muscles after death.

• rigor mortis

• livor mortis

• homeostasis

• none of the above

An examination of a body to determine a potential cause of death among other things is called a(n)

• Exhumation

• Autopsy

• Embalming

• Alchemy

Which of the following is a common reason for performing an autopsy?

• To satisfy a family's curiosity about the COD

• To determine if foul play was involved in a death

• To determine if a person had any underlying medical conditions

• All of the above

The first step of an autopsy is an external examination.

• True

• False

Latin translation means death heat. Postmortem (after death) cooling of the body.

• algor mortis

• rigor mortis

• livor mortis

• heart mortis

(a)   is the medical examination to determine the cause of death

(a)   is the pooling of the blood in tissues after death that results in a red skin color