1.

When is an autopsy required to be done? Please list examples.

Injury, delayed complications of injuries, poisoning, delayed complications
of injuries, infectious complications, foul play, or people who die with no
attending physician.

2.

Who is a mysterious death reported to in order to open an investigation?

It must be reported to the local medical examiner or coroner for
investigation.

3.

What is an autopsy and why is it done?

An autopsy is the medical examination of a dead body to determine the
cause of death. Autopsies are done when someone dies suddenly and
unexpectedly while in good health.

4.

What are 2 types of autopsies and what are the differences between
them?
There are forensic autopsies and clinical autopsies. Forensic autopsies are
the kind you seen on TV and clinical autopsies are performed in hospitals.

5.

Who performs an autopsy?

Pathologists

6.

What is the manner of death? List these.

Natural, accident, homicide, suicide, and undetermined.

7.

Explain the difference between a medical examiner and coroner.

Medical examiners are appointed to their positions and a coroner you
have to be elected to do the job.

8.

What is the diener and what is the responsibility?

A diener is the person responsible for handling the body and they are
responsible for moving and cleaning the body and sometimes assisting in
the autopsy.

9.

What is the purpose of the body bag and evidence sheets? Why is the
body bag sealed?
The body bag is so that the dead body isnt out in the open for everyone
to see.

10.

Why would the deceased have their hand sealed in a plastic bag?
They have their hand sealed in a plastic bag for fingerprinting and to keep
nail residue.

11.

What is the purpose of a body block?

The position makes the chest easier to cut open.

12.

Discuss information obtained during the general description and external

exam.

Race, sex, hair length/color, age, and eye color.

13.

What type of PPE is required for an autopsy?

Scrub suits, gowns, gloves and shoe covers.

14.

Explain what happens during an internal exam.

First a Y-shaped incision from shoulder to shoulder meeting at the breast
bone is made.
Then skin is peeled back and two cuts are made on each side of the
ribcage. They open the stomach, and detach the larynx, esophagus,
various arteries and ligaments. They open the skull with an electric skull,
and take out the brain.

15.

Why do you think that it is a great challenge to examine wounds as part of

the autopsy?
Its a great challenge because some may be damaged and hard to
examine.

16.

What tools are used during an autopsy?

Bone saw, Breadknife, enter tome, hagedorn needle, Hammer with hook,
rib cutter, scalpel, and scissors

17.

Explain the Time of Death Certainty Principle?

If you are positive when the person was last known to be alive and where
they were found then you are positive that they died within that interval.

18.

What are the chemical changes that occur after death and how does this
help determine time of death?
Rigor mortis, and that can help determine because there are different
stages and if its in an earlier stage then the death would have happened
earlier, and vice versa.