WorksheetsDeath & the Human Body: Forensics Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 32mins
What are the two roles of a toxicologist?
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How are drugs classified?
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What are the three factors used in determining how drugs are classified?
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What are the four disciplines of forensic toxicology?
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What is the name given for a medical professional that test for poisons/toxins after death?
(a)
True or False: All alcohols are toxic?
true
false
What chemical is alcohol converted in to once it’s processed by the liver?
(a)
What organ can be damaged from long term alcohol use?
(a)
The cooling of the body after death is known as:
(a)
The immediate reason for a person’s death is known as:
(a)
What two organs must cease to function for a person to be declared dead?
(a)
The pooling of blood in the tissues after death is known as:
(a)
The stiffening of the skeletal muscles after death is known as:
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What are the 4 manners of death?
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What are the 5 stages of human decomposition?
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Which stage of human decomposition produces the most maggot activity?
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Which stage of human decomposition produces gases that rupture the skin?
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What is the name of the facility that conducts experimental projects on deceased human bodies?
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True or False: The body does not lose heat in the first hour after death if ambient temperature is normal.
true
false
What happens to body temperature after death if the ambient temperature is 70 degrees?
It increases for the first four hours after death and then decreases until ambient temperature is met.
It decreases over time until ambient temperature is met and then begins to increase 48 hours after death.
It decreases rapidly in the first 6 hours after death and then stabilizes approximately 2 degrees below ambient temperature.
It decreases over time until ambient temperature is met.
Another name to describe environmental temperature.
(a)
True or False: Lividity is permanent after 2 hours.
true
false
What stage in the blow fly life cycle comes after the egg stage?
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Which stage in the blow fly life cycle is characterized by dormancy within a shell?
(a)
True or False: When a blow fly hatches, it will have crumpled wings.
true
false
True or False: Maggots will stay on the body to form their pupa casings.
true
false
What is the study of insects?
(a)
The time that has elapsed since a person has died is known as:
(a)
A person that performs and autopsy is known as a
(a)
The first step of the human autopsy is:
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The name of the cut that is used to open the body for autopsy:
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The science that analyzes skeletal remains to solve crimes is called:
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The largest and strongest bone in the human body:
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Name four biological characteristics that can be determined by analyzing bone.
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True or False: It is possible to determine how many children a woman has birthed by analyzing her pelvic bone.
true
false
True or False: If the tibia bone is found, anthropologists can get an estimated height of the individual.
True, in any situation.
True, but only if ethnicity and gender are known.
False
