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Forensic Science / 100% Correct Answers

What is the difference between a medical examiner in a corner? - ANS -Medical - usually appointed position, has a M. D., Forensic pathologist. Corner - elected official (4 years).Madie/not be an M. ... D., often not a forensic pathologist Medical investigation for death is required under the following circumstances - ANS -Violent deaths, death suspicious for violence, deaths Custody or panel institutions, sudden and unexpected deaths How is identification of the body accomplish? - ANS -Fingerprints, teeth, DNA, scar/x-ray, visual - witness Why is DNA the last resort for identification? - ANS -Takes a while, money, equipment True or false?Precise time of death is easy to determine - ANS -True What are the five manners of death? - ANS -Homicide, suicide, accident, natural, undetermined Distinguish between cars, mechanism, and manner of death. Apply them to a death - ANS -Cause: Gunshot, stab, drowned Mechanism: gun, knife Manner: natural, accident, suicide, homicide, undetermined What are signs of blunt force trauma? - ANS -Abrasions, contusions, lacerations, fractures What does a broken hyoid bone indicate about the cause of death? - ANS -Fracture may indicate suffocation Eyes, especially of children, our examined to determine... - ANS -Petechial hemorrhage Before internal autopsy, What is done to the body? - ANS -Inventory of possessions, photographs, blood, urine, Eye-fluid, Heights/mass through external examination During an autopsy, the medical examiner will test/exam in which organs? What type of incision is usually made? Is the incision made it on the dorsal or ventral side of the body? - ANS -Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, stomach, bowl, head Why are organs of weed and examined during autopsy? - ANS - What is the normal body temperature? - ANS -98.6 Fahrenheit [Show More]

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