PLTW Biomedical Science Exam
Questions and Answers
What are the key components of completing an autopsy. - Correct Answers -1. Take
measurements
2. Identify person
3. Document different asspects
4. Get your tools ready
5. Internal exam
6. Digestion Exam
7. Sample Collection
8. Brain Examination
What is cause of death - Correct Answers -Death directly caused by injury, trauma, or
disease
What is manner of death - Correct Answers -Cause of death by accident
What is mechanism of death - Correct Answers -What happens inside the body to
cause death
What aspect most often requires data and information collected outside of the autopsy -
Correct Answers -Mechanism of death
What is the integumentary system - Correct Answers -Hair, skin, nails
Forms the bodies external coverings, protects deeper tissue from injury, helps regulate
body temperature
What is the skeletal system - Correct Answers -Bones, joints
Protects and supports body organs, provides a framework for muscles can years to
move, stores minerals
What might a medical examiner learn by looking at the gross anatomy of the brain -
Correct Answers -They could tell how old individual was based off of it was fully
developed and if there was any damage.
What does a normal brain look like on an MRI - Correct Answers -There are no more
veggies in grooves and there is normal color and regular size groves/ridges
, What does a brain with TBI look like on an MRI - Correct Answers -There is a lesion and
discolor(red)
What does a brain with CTE look like on an MRI - Correct Answers -The ridges are
becoming smaller in the grooves are becoming deeper/wider/darker
What is normal brain tissue look like under a microscope - Correct Answers -Skinny
white lines/few lines
What does a brain following TBI look like under a microscope - Correct Answers -Thick
white lines/many lines
What is the muscular system - Correct Answers -Skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle,
smooth muscle
Moves the body and moves substances around the body, maintain posture, produce
heat
What is the nervous system - Correct Answers -Brain, spinal cord, nerves, sensory
receptors
Response to internal and external changes by acting an appropriate response,
processes info
What is the cardiovascular system - Correct Answers -Heart, blood vessels (veins,
arteries, capillaries)
Pumps blood around the body, transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste
What is the respiratory system - Correct Answers -Nasal cavity, trachea, lungs,
bronchus
Assist with gas exchange with the X ternal environment, keeps blood supplied with
oxygen and removes carbon dioxide
What is the lymphatic and immune system - Correct Answers -Lymph nodes, spleen,
thymus, bone marrow
Filter fluid in the body, Mounts the attack against foreign substances in the body
What is the digestive system - Correct Answers -Oral cavity, esophagus, small/large
intestines, stomach
Breaks down food into nutrients molecules, absorbs nutrients, rids body of waste
What is the urinary system - Correct Answers -Kidney, bladder, ureter, uretha
Eliminate waste from the body, regulate water balance of the blood
What is the Endocrine system - Correct Answers -Testis, adrenal gland, pituitary gland,
ovary
Questions and Answers
What are the key components of completing an autopsy. - Correct Answers -1. Take
measurements
2. Identify person
3. Document different asspects
4. Get your tools ready
5. Internal exam
6. Digestion Exam
7. Sample Collection
8. Brain Examination
What is cause of death - Correct Answers -Death directly caused by injury, trauma, or
disease
What is manner of death - Correct Answers -Cause of death by accident
What is mechanism of death - Correct Answers -What happens inside the body to
cause death
What aspect most often requires data and information collected outside of the autopsy -
Correct Answers -Mechanism of death
What is the integumentary system - Correct Answers -Hair, skin, nails
Forms the bodies external coverings, protects deeper tissue from injury, helps regulate
body temperature
What is the skeletal system - Correct Answers -Bones, joints
Protects and supports body organs, provides a framework for muscles can years to
move, stores minerals
What might a medical examiner learn by looking at the gross anatomy of the brain -
Correct Answers -They could tell how old individual was based off of it was fully
developed and if there was any damage.
What does a normal brain look like on an MRI - Correct Answers -There are no more
veggies in grooves and there is normal color and regular size groves/ridges
, What does a brain with TBI look like on an MRI - Correct Answers -There is a lesion and
discolor(red)
What does a brain with CTE look like on an MRI - Correct Answers -The ridges are
becoming smaller in the grooves are becoming deeper/wider/darker
What is normal brain tissue look like under a microscope - Correct Answers -Skinny
white lines/few lines
What does a brain following TBI look like under a microscope - Correct Answers -Thick
white lines/many lines
What is the muscular system - Correct Answers -Skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle,
smooth muscle
Moves the body and moves substances around the body, maintain posture, produce
heat
What is the nervous system - Correct Answers -Brain, spinal cord, nerves, sensory
receptors
Response to internal and external changes by acting an appropriate response,
processes info
What is the cardiovascular system - Correct Answers -Heart, blood vessels (veins,
arteries, capillaries)
Pumps blood around the body, transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste
What is the respiratory system - Correct Answers -Nasal cavity, trachea, lungs,
bronchus
Assist with gas exchange with the X ternal environment, keeps blood supplied with
oxygen and removes carbon dioxide
What is the lymphatic and immune system - Correct Answers -Lymph nodes, spleen,
thymus, bone marrow
Filter fluid in the body, Mounts the attack against foreign substances in the body
What is the digestive system - Correct Answers -Oral cavity, esophagus, small/large
intestines, stomach
Breaks down food into nutrients molecules, absorbs nutrients, rids body of waste
What is the urinary system - Correct Answers -Kidney, bladder, ureter, uretha
Eliminate waste from the body, regulate water balance of the blood
What is the Endocrine system - Correct Answers -Testis, adrenal gland, pituitary gland,
ovary
