Definitions
Autopsy Procedures
Procedures and Benefits
100
Performs the autopsy
Who is the coroner
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.
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
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, mask, and footies
300
What does "running the gut" mean?
What are the contents of the stomach, intestines, and bowels are inspected.
400
Person responsible for handling, moving, and cleaning the bodies
Who is the diener
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
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
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