FIS 201 Exam 2 WVU with all Correct & 100% Verified
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Pathologist ✔Correct Answer-Determines cause of disease or trauma based on appearance and
chemistry of bodies or tissues.
Medical Examiner ✔Correct Answer-Appointed by jurisdiction and is usually a physician who is a
board-certified forensic pathologist and is responsible for certifying the manner and cause of a
death.
Coroner ✔Correct Answer-An elected official and may or may not possess a medical degree with
optional education and training.
Death Investigator ✔Correct Answer-They investigate death under the jurisdiction of the
coroner/medical examiner and need CSI training and basic medical knowledge. They collect the
scene context needed to determine cause of death.
Manner of Death ✔Correct Answer-How the person died
Cause of Death ✔Correct Answer-Why the person died
Natural ✔Correct Answer-Disease and continual environmental abuse.
Accidental ✔Correct Answer-There must not be intent to cause harm through gross negligence on
the part of a perpetrator or the victim.
Homicidal ✔Correct Answer-A nonaccidental death resulting from grossly negligent, reckless, or
intentional actions of another person.
Suicidal ✔Correct Answer-A result of an individual taking his or her own life with lethal intention.
Undetermined/unclassified ✔Correct Answer-Insufficient or conflicting data
For West Virginia, under what circumstances will a medical examiner have to do an autopsy?
✔Correct Answer-Violent, suicidal, unattended by physicians, inmate, or
suspicious/unusual/unnatural deaths occur
External Examination of an autopsy ✔Correct Answer-Identify physical features like gender,
ethnicity, hair, and eye color and any identifying features like scars, tattoos, prosthesis
Internal examination of an autopsy ✔Correct Answer-Open the body following a y-shaped cut,
remove organs and visually inspect, weight the organs, and section accordingly
closure of an autopsy ✔Correct Answer-organs may be replaced, skin will be folded back, skin
stitched, and body put in a body bag
Postmortem interval (PMI) ✔Correct Answer-The length of time that has elapsed since a person
has died
, Algor Mortis ✔Correct Answer-A process that occurs after death in which the body temperature
continually calls until it reaches the room temperature
how fast of a rate does the body lose heat ✔Correct Answer-1.0F to 1.5F per hour
livor mortis ✔Correct Answer-a purple or red discoloration of the skin caused by pooling of blood
after death. occurs immediately after death but only seen to the human eye after 20 minutes-2 hours
later.
when does livor mortis become fixed ✔Correct Answer-8-12 hours
Rigor mortis ✔Correct Answer-The stiffening of the body after death; fusion of actin and myosin
filaments
Rigor mortis onset ✔Correct Answer-10-12 hours; dependent on temperature and perimortem
activity level
Other PMI estimates ✔Correct Answer-body cooling rate, chemistry of the vitreous humor,
colonization by insects, decomposition such as mummification and adipocere formation,
demineralization of bone
Five major classes of trauma ✔Correct Answer-mechanical, thermal, electrical, chemical,
asphyxiation
Mechanical Trauma ✔Correct Answer-physical actions; force applied to the body
Thermal Trauma ✔Correct Answer-temperature effects
Electrical trauma ✔Correct Answer-electrical current causes fibrillation in the heart by overriding
the sinoatrial node
Chemical trauma ✔Correct Answer-Chemical alteration of body processes
Asphyxiation ✔Correct Answer-oxygen deprivation
Abrasions ✔Correct Answer-skin is scraped off via friction; if damage is above the dermal blood
vessels, may not bleed
Human skin anatomy ✔Correct Answer-epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous tissue
1st° abrasion ✔Correct Answer-Epidermis only
2nd° abrasion ✔Correct Answer-Epidermis and dermis
3rd° abrasion ✔Correct Answer-damage to subcutaneous layer
Types of blunt force trauma ✔Correct Answer-contusions, abrasions, lacerations, fractures
Types of penetrating trauma ✔Correct Answer-Incisions, punctures, penetrations
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Pathologist ✔Correct Answer-Determines cause of disease or trauma based on appearance and
chemistry of bodies or tissues.
Medical Examiner ✔Correct Answer-Appointed by jurisdiction and is usually a physician who is a
board-certified forensic pathologist and is responsible for certifying the manner and cause of a
death.
Coroner ✔Correct Answer-An elected official and may or may not possess a medical degree with
optional education and training.
Death Investigator ✔Correct Answer-They investigate death under the jurisdiction of the
coroner/medical examiner and need CSI training and basic medical knowledge. They collect the
scene context needed to determine cause of death.
Manner of Death ✔Correct Answer-How the person died
Cause of Death ✔Correct Answer-Why the person died
Natural ✔Correct Answer-Disease and continual environmental abuse.
Accidental ✔Correct Answer-There must not be intent to cause harm through gross negligence on
the part of a perpetrator or the victim.
Homicidal ✔Correct Answer-A nonaccidental death resulting from grossly negligent, reckless, or
intentional actions of another person.
Suicidal ✔Correct Answer-A result of an individual taking his or her own life with lethal intention.
Undetermined/unclassified ✔Correct Answer-Insufficient or conflicting data
For West Virginia, under what circumstances will a medical examiner have to do an autopsy?
✔Correct Answer-Violent, suicidal, unattended by physicians, inmate, or
suspicious/unusual/unnatural deaths occur
External Examination of an autopsy ✔Correct Answer-Identify physical features like gender,
ethnicity, hair, and eye color and any identifying features like scars, tattoos, prosthesis
Internal examination of an autopsy ✔Correct Answer-Open the body following a y-shaped cut,
remove organs and visually inspect, weight the organs, and section accordingly
closure of an autopsy ✔Correct Answer-organs may be replaced, skin will be folded back, skin
stitched, and body put in a body bag
Postmortem interval (PMI) ✔Correct Answer-The length of time that has elapsed since a person
has died
, Algor Mortis ✔Correct Answer-A process that occurs after death in which the body temperature
continually calls until it reaches the room temperature
how fast of a rate does the body lose heat ✔Correct Answer-1.0F to 1.5F per hour
livor mortis ✔Correct Answer-a purple or red discoloration of the skin caused by pooling of blood
after death. occurs immediately after death but only seen to the human eye after 20 minutes-2 hours
later.
when does livor mortis become fixed ✔Correct Answer-8-12 hours
Rigor mortis ✔Correct Answer-The stiffening of the body after death; fusion of actin and myosin
filaments
Rigor mortis onset ✔Correct Answer-10-12 hours; dependent on temperature and perimortem
activity level
Other PMI estimates ✔Correct Answer-body cooling rate, chemistry of the vitreous humor,
colonization by insects, decomposition such as mummification and adipocere formation,
demineralization of bone
Five major classes of trauma ✔Correct Answer-mechanical, thermal, electrical, chemical,
asphyxiation
Mechanical Trauma ✔Correct Answer-physical actions; force applied to the body
Thermal Trauma ✔Correct Answer-temperature effects
Electrical trauma ✔Correct Answer-electrical current causes fibrillation in the heart by overriding
the sinoatrial node
Chemical trauma ✔Correct Answer-Chemical alteration of body processes
Asphyxiation ✔Correct Answer-oxygen deprivation
Abrasions ✔Correct Answer-skin is scraped off via friction; if damage is above the dermal blood
vessels, may not bleed
Human skin anatomy ✔Correct Answer-epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous tissue
1st° abrasion ✔Correct Answer-Epidermis only
2nd° abrasion ✔Correct Answer-Epidermis and dermis
3rd° abrasion ✔Correct Answer-damage to subcutaneous layer
Types of blunt force trauma ✔Correct Answer-contusions, abrasions, lacerations, fractures
Types of penetrating trauma ✔Correct Answer-Incisions, punctures, penetrations
