Dr. Jones is trying to determine the most effective antibiotic to treat a pathogenic bacterial infection. She should order what diagnostic test?
What is cell culture?
Who regulates at-home diagnostic tests?
Who is the FDA?
During what time frame do you expect rigor mortis begin to set in?
What is 2-6 hours?
This career focuses on dental remains, bite marks, etc?
What is a Forensic Odonatologist?
What can an elevated WBC level tell you?
What is an infection?
What does rigor mean?
What is stiffness?
What does SOP stand for?
what is "standard operating procedure"?
The Latin term mortis refers to:
what is death?
Which individual may be called upon to test body fluids or tissue samples when a poison or drug overdose is suspected?
What is forensic toxicologist?
What is biological hazard.
The study of how a person's genes determine individual response to a medication is known as:
what are pharmacogenomics?
In order to reduce false positive results, what may a doctor want to know before selecting a diagnostic test?
What is specificity?
The police found what they believe is a child’s body. How can the body’s approximate age at time of death be determined?
What is:
1-ossification of bones
2-eruption of adult teeth
Skeletal remains are found in a forest. What specialist will be called upon to help identify the victim?
What is forensic anthropologist?
Name one type of biopsy.
What is
1- Fine needle
2- Excisional
Name 3 situations would require a forensic autopsy?
What is:
1-Homocide
2-Potential public health threat
3- cause of death is unknown
The lab technician first visually inspects the sample, then performs a series of chemical tests. If abnormalities are noted, the technician then utilizes a microscope to look for cells, microorganisms, and crystals. What body fluid is the technician testing?
What is urine?
What term refers to the settling of blood in the body post mortem?
What is livor mortis or lividity?
Dean has been called to work because a body or part of a body has been found in an advanced state of decay. When he arrives on scene, Dean will offer assistance in identifying bodily remains. Dean is a:
What is a forensic anthropologist?
______ _______is determined by averaging the test results for a large number of people.
What is reference range?
People can find out whether they have inherited genes that affect their risk for many diseases and other conditions. Because genes are such an important factor in health, the United States enacted the:
What is the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
The toxicologist needs to separate blood into plasma and cellular components. Which instrument is needed to accomplish this goal?
What is a centrifuge?
Name 4 ways that you could determine the time of death.
1- Rigor Mortis
2- Livor Mortis
3-Decay
4- Bugs present
5- Digestion
6- Body temp
A body has been found in a local North Carolina park. Who is required to view the body, determine the cause of death, and order an autopsy if necessary?
what is a medical examiner?
What are the two types of autopsy?
what are clinical and forensic?