FIS 201 – Exam 2 Study Guide (Mohr, WVU)
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
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