PLTW Biomedical Science UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are the key components of completing an autopsy. - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - Death directly caused by injury, trauma,
or disease
What is manner of death - CORRECT ANSWER - Cause of death by accident
What is mechanism of death - CORRECT ANSWER - What happens inside the body to
cause death
What aspect most often requires data and information collected outside of the autopsy -
CORRECT ANSWER - Mechanism of death
What is the integumentary system - CORRECT ANSWER - Hair, skin, nails
Forms the bodies external coverings, protects deeper tissue from injury, helps regulate body
temperature
, What is the skeletal system - CORRECT ANSWER - Bones, joints
Protects and supports body organs, provides a framework for muscles can years to move, stores
minerals
What is the muscular system - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - Heart, blood vessels (veins,
arteries, capillaries)
Pumps blood around the body, transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste
What is the respiratory system - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - Kidney, bladder, ureter, uretha
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are the key components of completing an autopsy. - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - Death directly caused by injury, trauma,
or disease
What is manner of death - CORRECT ANSWER - Cause of death by accident
What is mechanism of death - CORRECT ANSWER - What happens inside the body to
cause death
What aspect most often requires data and information collected outside of the autopsy -
CORRECT ANSWER - Mechanism of death
What is the integumentary system - CORRECT ANSWER - Hair, skin, nails
Forms the bodies external coverings, protects deeper tissue from injury, helps regulate body
temperature
, What is the skeletal system - CORRECT ANSWER - Bones, joints
Protects and supports body organs, provides a framework for muscles can years to move, stores
minerals
What is the muscular system - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - Heart, blood vessels (veins,
arteries, capillaries)
Pumps blood around the body, transports oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste
What is the respiratory system - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - 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 ANSWER - Kidney, bladder, ureter, uretha
