PLTW- Autopsy Exam Questions with
100% Correct Answers | Graded A+
When does an autopsy take place? - ✔✔after a mysterious death
autopsy - ✔✔An examination of the body after death usually with such
dissection as will expose the vital organs for determining the cause of death.
what is autopsy also known as? - ✔✔Post-mortem examination
When might an autopsy be required? - ✔✔Certain types of death (Suspected
suicides/homicides/sudden death of a child/cause of death threatening public
health)
In how many states can an corner/medical examiner order an autopsy when
thought needed? - ✔✔32
Clinical Autopsy - ✔✔Usually performed in hospitals, determines cause of death
for study purposes
Forensic Autopsy - ✔✔try to find cause of death for police investigation; focuses
on both external and internal
who was the first to dissect the dead bodies of patients? - ✔✔Greek physician
Glaen of Pergamun
Who performs autopsies? - ✔✔forensic pathologist
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, What does a pathologist study? - ✔✔effects of diseases, medical treatments,
injury on the human body
what are the four manners of death? - ✔✔natural, accidental, suicidal,
homicidal
natural death - ✔✔dying of a natural disease (leukemia/cancer)
accidental death - ✔✔A death that is caused by unexpected or unintended
means. (dying of falling off a ladder and hitting the head)
homicide - ✔✔the killing of one person by another
Suicide - ✔✔the act of intentionally taking one's own life
If someone 30 years ago received a gun wound to the head and they developed
a seizure disorder. It's 30 years later, and they die from the seizure disorder.
What manner of death is this? - ✔✔homicide
What is the difference between medical examiners and corners? - ✔✔Medical
examiner- physician, trained to be forensic pathologists, appointed
Corner- able to be elected to the job
what is a coroner responsible for? - ✔✔identifying the body, notifying the next
of kin, collecting/returning the deceased's personal belongings to the family,
signing the death certificate
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100% Correct Answers | Graded A+
When does an autopsy take place? - ✔✔after a mysterious death
autopsy - ✔✔An examination of the body after death usually with such
dissection as will expose the vital organs for determining the cause of death.
what is autopsy also known as? - ✔✔Post-mortem examination
When might an autopsy be required? - ✔✔Certain types of death (Suspected
suicides/homicides/sudden death of a child/cause of death threatening public
health)
In how many states can an corner/medical examiner order an autopsy when
thought needed? - ✔✔32
Clinical Autopsy - ✔✔Usually performed in hospitals, determines cause of death
for study purposes
Forensic Autopsy - ✔✔try to find cause of death for police investigation; focuses
on both external and internal
who was the first to dissect the dead bodies of patients? - ✔✔Greek physician
Glaen of Pergamun
Who performs autopsies? - ✔✔forensic pathologist
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©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, What does a pathologist study? - ✔✔effects of diseases, medical treatments,
injury on the human body
what are the four manners of death? - ✔✔natural, accidental, suicidal,
homicidal
natural death - ✔✔dying of a natural disease (leukemia/cancer)
accidental death - ✔✔A death that is caused by unexpected or unintended
means. (dying of falling off a ladder and hitting the head)
homicide - ✔✔the killing of one person by another
Suicide - ✔✔the act of intentionally taking one's own life
If someone 30 years ago received a gun wound to the head and they developed
a seizure disorder. It's 30 years later, and they die from the seizure disorder.
What manner of death is this? - ✔✔homicide
What is the difference between medical examiners and corners? - ✔✔Medical
examiner- physician, trained to be forensic pathologists, appointed
Corner- able to be elected to the job
what is a coroner responsible for? - ✔✔identifying the body, notifying the next
of kin, collecting/returning the deceased's personal belongings to the family,
signing the death certificate
2|Page
©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
