Definitions
Autopsy Procedures
Procedures and Benefits
Evidence
100

Performs the autopsy

Who is the medical examiner


100
What type of incision is used for a trunk dissection?
What is the Y-incision.
100
What warrants an autopsy? (name 3)
What is any suspicious death (unidentified remains, no medical history, homicides, drowning, auto accidents, children’s deaths), identifying dead bodies, determining cause and manner of death, home deaths, crime scene deaths, and vehicular deaths.
100

Evidence collection container for nail clippings

cone filter paper

200
The medical reason for death
What is the cause of death
200
What type of stitch is used to sew up incisions of an autopsy?
What is the baseball stitch
200
Name the benefits of an autopsy (name 3)
What is criminal cases, family peace of mind, genetic disease or deformity, insurance claims, medical advancement
200

Locations to collect hair samples from decedent (give 4)

head, pubic region, facial, body

300
Chemical change in muscles after death, causing stiffness
What is rigor mortis
300

What is the standard dress of a person performing an autopsy?

What is a gown, gloves, full face mask, and booties

300
What does "running the gut" mean?
What are the contents of the stomach, intestines, and bowels are inspected.
300

Radiographs can provide what evidence?

Hidden projectiles, knife tips, etc.
400

Person responsible for handling, moving, and cleaning the bodies

Who is the autopsy technician


400
What is the Rokitansky Method?
What is removing all the organs at once.
400
Explain how the body is closed up.
skull cap is replace, skin is pulled back in place, body organs may or may not be replaced and incisions are sown with the use of a baseball stitch
400

Type of collection material clothing is left to dry on

Butcher paper

500
Reduction in body temperature following death
What is algor mortis
500
What do you look for during an external examination? (3 things)
What is trace evidence, sign of injury or mistreatment, and sign of illness, disease or abnormalities.
500
What are the 7 steps of performing an autopsy?
External examination, trunk dissection, open the chest, remove and dissect organs, run the gut, remove the brain, close body
500

Method used to swab for DNA on the thighs, chest, lips, etc., in a suspected sexual assualt

wet-dry method

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