Autopsy ~ PLTW 1.2.1 Vocabulary Words
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autopsy - ✔✔A postmortem evaluation to determine the cause of death.
Cause of Death - ✔✔The specific injury, trauma, or disease that directly caused
the victims death
Mechanism of Death - ✔✔What happens physiologically to result in death.
Manner of Death - ✔✔The circumstances that result in death, which are
designated as natural or unnatural. (Unnatural deaths are split into 3 categories;
accidental, homicide, or undetermined)
Gunshot Wound - ✔✔Categorized as a cause of death
Homicide - ✔✔Categorized as a manner of death.
Exsanguination - ✔✔Categorized as a mechanism of death
Medical Examiner - ✔✔The physician that performs autopsies when a death is
assumed to be accidental or intentional.
Systems - ✔✔A group of organs that work together to perform a specific
function.
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autopsy - ✔✔A postmortem evaluation to determine the cause of death.
Cause of Death - ✔✔The specific injury, trauma, or disease that directly caused
the victims death
Mechanism of Death - ✔✔What happens physiologically to result in death.
Manner of Death - ✔✔The circumstances that result in death, which are
designated as natural or unnatural. (Unnatural deaths are split into 3 categories;
accidental, homicide, or undetermined)
Gunshot Wound - ✔✔Categorized as a cause of death
Homicide - ✔✔Categorized as a manner of death.
Exsanguination - ✔✔Categorized as a mechanism of death
Medical Examiner - ✔✔The physician that performs autopsies when a death is
assumed to be accidental or intentional.
Systems - ✔✔A group of organs that work together to perform a specific
function.
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©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
