ABMDI Registry Exam with verified solutions
Anencephalic - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔An infant born without a brain
Bereavement - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Sorrow following the death of a loved one
Brain death - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Final cessation of activity in the central nervous
system, as indicated by a flat electroencephalogram (EEG) or absence of cerebral blood flow for a
predetermined period of time
Cardiac death - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Final cessation of activity in the cardiovascular
system involving the heart and blood vessels
Cessation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The final stoppage of action
Coroner - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Typically an elected official who decides whether a death
occurred under circumstances that require an autopsy, either by law or to determine manner or
cause. A coroner can determine the scope of an autopsy and who will perform it if the elected
coroner is not qualified. Only Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Ohio require, without
exception, that coroners be medical doctors
Jurisdiction - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The power or authority a court or office has over
individuals or trauma
Legal next-of-kin - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The person from whom the medicolegal death
investigator must secure consent before initiating any procurement activity
Medical examiner - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Usually a medical doctor, although not
necessarily a highly trained pathologist. Like a coroner, a medical examiner decides whether a death
occurred under circumstances that may require an autopsy and who will perform it if the medical
,examiner is not qualified. A medical examiner is usually appointed to the position and may have
jurisdiction for a county, district, or state
OPO (organ procurement organization) - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The agency responsible for
identifying potential donors, obtaining consent, and procuring organs
Postmortem changes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Alterations of the body following death,
including decomposition and environmental resuscitative injuries
Statutes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Laws enacted by the legislative branch of government
Verify - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Establish or confirm the accuracy of information or evidence
through testimony
Vital statistics - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A governmental agency responsible for maintaining
a system of registration and release of records for the public, including birth, marriage, divorce, and
death
Antemortem blood sample - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔An initial blood sample that usually is
obtained when the subject arrives at the hospital emergency room, before additional diagnostic or
therapeutic treatment is initiated
Authorization - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Official permission granted by a superior
Common-law marriage - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A marriage that is recognized because the
couple have been cohabiting for a determined length of time, yet a legal marriage ceremony has not
been performed
Confidential - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Revealed in confidence (trust, assurance), to be kept
secret
, Cremation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat in a specially designed chamber
Demographic information - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Personal identifying and specific
information regarding an individual's age, social security number, gender, address, and so on
Disinterment - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The opening of a grave and removal of the body for
the purpose of reexamination or removal to another site
Embalmer - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔An individual licensed by the state to disinfect, preserve,
and cosmetically restore dead human bodies
Euphemism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A mild or inoffensive term or phrase that is substituted
for another, more explicit term
Funeral director - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔An individual or corporation licensed by a state to
prepare dead human remains, other than by embalming, for interment or other means of disposal.
The person also conducts funeral services and counsels the decedent's families
Guardianship or power of attorney - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Legal authorization to act on
another individual's behalf. This authority usually ceases after death, so be sure to check the law in
your state
Interrogation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The formal act of examining a person by asking
questions, usually a law enforcement function
Interview - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A formal face-to-face conversation between a reported
(the medicolegal death investigator) and a person from whom information is sought (the witness)
Legal next-of-kin - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The hierarchical succession of survivors
established by law
Anencephalic - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔An infant born without a brain
Bereavement - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Sorrow following the death of a loved one
Brain death - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Final cessation of activity in the central nervous
system, as indicated by a flat electroencephalogram (EEG) or absence of cerebral blood flow for a
predetermined period of time
Cardiac death - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Final cessation of activity in the cardiovascular
system involving the heart and blood vessels
Cessation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The final stoppage of action
Coroner - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Typically an elected official who decides whether a death
occurred under circumstances that require an autopsy, either by law or to determine manner or
cause. A coroner can determine the scope of an autopsy and who will perform it if the elected
coroner is not qualified. Only Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Ohio require, without
exception, that coroners be medical doctors
Jurisdiction - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The power or authority a court or office has over
individuals or trauma
Legal next-of-kin - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The person from whom the medicolegal death
investigator must secure consent before initiating any procurement activity
Medical examiner - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Usually a medical doctor, although not
necessarily a highly trained pathologist. Like a coroner, a medical examiner decides whether a death
occurred under circumstances that may require an autopsy and who will perform it if the medical
,examiner is not qualified. A medical examiner is usually appointed to the position and may have
jurisdiction for a county, district, or state
OPO (organ procurement organization) - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The agency responsible for
identifying potential donors, obtaining consent, and procuring organs
Postmortem changes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Alterations of the body following death,
including decomposition and environmental resuscitative injuries
Statutes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Laws enacted by the legislative branch of government
Verify - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Establish or confirm the accuracy of information or evidence
through testimony
Vital statistics - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A governmental agency responsible for maintaining
a system of registration and release of records for the public, including birth, marriage, divorce, and
death
Antemortem blood sample - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔An initial blood sample that usually is
obtained when the subject arrives at the hospital emergency room, before additional diagnostic or
therapeutic treatment is initiated
Authorization - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Official permission granted by a superior
Common-law marriage - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A marriage that is recognized because the
couple have been cohabiting for a determined length of time, yet a legal marriage ceremony has not
been performed
Confidential - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Revealed in confidence (trust, assurance), to be kept
secret
, Cremation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat in a specially designed chamber
Demographic information - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Personal identifying and specific
information regarding an individual's age, social security number, gender, address, and so on
Disinterment - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The opening of a grave and removal of the body for
the purpose of reexamination or removal to another site
Embalmer - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔An individual licensed by the state to disinfect, preserve,
and cosmetically restore dead human bodies
Euphemism - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A mild or inoffensive term or phrase that is substituted
for another, more explicit term
Funeral director - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔An individual or corporation licensed by a state to
prepare dead human remains, other than by embalming, for interment or other means of disposal.
The person also conducts funeral services and counsels the decedent's families
Guardianship or power of attorney - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Legal authorization to act on
another individual's behalf. This authority usually ceases after death, so be sure to check the law in
your state
Interrogation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The formal act of examining a person by asking
questions, usually a law enforcement function
Interview - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A formal face-to-face conversation between a reported
(the medicolegal death investigator) and a person from whom information is sought (the witness)
Legal next-of-kin - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The hierarchical succession of survivors
established by law
