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What is a pathologist? - ANS✔✔ determines the cause of disease or trauma based on
appearance and chemistry of bodies or tissues



What are the two types of death determiners? - ANS✔✔ medical examiner and coroner



What is a medical examiner? - ANS✔✔ -elected by jurisdiction

-must be an MD, preferably a pathologist



What is a coroner? - ANS✔✔ -elected by jurisdiction

--education/training optional



What is a death investigator? - ANS✔✔ investigate deaths under the natural jurisdiction of the
coroner/medical examiner. They collect the scene context needed to determine cause of death



What does an autopsy technician do? - ANS✔✔ wash and sew the body



What is the manner of death? - ANS✔✔ *how* the person died



What are the 5 manners of death? - ANS✔✔ -natural

-accidental

-homicidal

-suicidal

-undetermined/unclassified

, What is the cause of death? - ANS✔✔ *Why* the person died



What are some examples of accidental manner of death? - ANS✔✔ -poisoning

-motor vehicle accidents

-falls

-suffocation

-drowning

-burns and fires

-firearms mishaps

-natural phenomena

-electrocution and explosions

-struck by another person



What are some examples of homicidal manner of death? - ANS✔✔ -intentional killing by
another person



What are some examples of suicide? - ANS✔✔ -intentional self-harm leading to death:

-firearm

-suffocation

-poisoning



what are some examples of undermined? - ANS✔✔ insufficient or conflicting data



What is an autopsy? - ANS✔✔ determine of manner and cause of death



What happens during an external examination? - ANS✔✔ -body is photographed

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