Learning objectives
The forensic importance of examining death, and the role of the coroner, medical examiner, and pathologist in death investigations.
What is death is crucial for legal and investigative purposes, with the coroner, medical examiner, and pathologist each playing distinct roles in determining the cause and manner of death?
A fatty or waxy substance produced during the decomposition of dead bodies exposed to moisture.
What is adipocere?
An elected official, either a layman or a physician, who certifies death can order additional investigations of suspicious deaths.
What is a Coroner?
How the examination of death in early history compares to our approach today.
What is the examination of death has shifted from superficial observations and religious interpretations in early history to scientific and technological investigations today?
The cooling of the body after death.
What is algor mortis?
The break down of once living matter.
What is decomposition?
Discuss manner, cause, and mechanism of death, and how death itself is defined by experts.
What is manner, cause, and mechanism of death are distinct aspects of how death is classified and understood, while death itself is defined as the irreversible cessation of vital functions or brain activity?
What is autolysis?
Explain the predictable sequence of changes that occur during the process of death, including algor, rigor, and livor mortis.
What is Algor, rigor, and livor mortis occur in a predictable sequence after death due to the bodyś natural processes ceasing?
A medical examination to determine the cause of death.
What is an Autopsy?
The injury, condition, or disease responsible for a person´s death ( such as heart attack or kidney failure)
What is Cause of Death?