Embalming 3 Midterm Exam Questions &
Answers (Updated 2025-2026)
When is a medicolegal autopsy required regarding deaths that cannot be certified?
When deaths cannot be certified by a physician based on medical records.
What types of deaths require a medicolegal autopsy?
Deaths caused by mechanical, thermal, electrical, radiation, drowning, or asphyxia.
What is a specific case that requires a medicolegal autopsy related to fetal death?
Fetal death within 24 hours of birth, where the mother was not under the care of a
physician.
What type of deaths occurring within 24 hours of hospital admission require a
medicolegal autopsy?
Unexplained operative or perioperative deaths.
,What are medicolegal (forensic) autopsies?
Autopsies done when deemed necessary by the government.
Can a family order or deny a medicolegal autopsy?
No, a family cannot order or deny a medicolegal autopsy.
What is one purpose of a medicolegal autopsy?
To determine the cause of death (immediate and contributing).
What does a medicolegal autopsy help determine regarding manner of death?
It helps determine if the manner of death is accidental, homicide, suicide, natural,
or undetermined.
What type of deaths resulting from violence require a medicolegal autopsy?
Deaths resulting from violence or trauma.
What is one of the roles of a medicolegal autopsy in legal proceedings?
, Recovery, identification, and preservation of evidence.
What types of deaths under suspicious circumstances require a medicolegal
autopsy?
Deaths occurring under suspicious or mysterious circumstances, including drug-
related deaths.
What type of autopsy is required for therapeutic, criminal, and spontaneous
abortions?
A medicolegal autopsy.
What types of accidents involving vehicles require a medicolegal autopsy?
Motor vehicle accidents (drivers, passengers, and pedestrians).
What type of autopsy is required for infants or children with bodily injury?
A medicolegal autopsy may be required.
What types of deaths require a medicolegal autopsy in custodial settings?
Answers (Updated 2025-2026)
When is a medicolegal autopsy required regarding deaths that cannot be certified?
When deaths cannot be certified by a physician based on medical records.
What types of deaths require a medicolegal autopsy?
Deaths caused by mechanical, thermal, electrical, radiation, drowning, or asphyxia.
What is a specific case that requires a medicolegal autopsy related to fetal death?
Fetal death within 24 hours of birth, where the mother was not under the care of a
physician.
What type of deaths occurring within 24 hours of hospital admission require a
medicolegal autopsy?
Unexplained operative or perioperative deaths.
,What are medicolegal (forensic) autopsies?
Autopsies done when deemed necessary by the government.
Can a family order or deny a medicolegal autopsy?
No, a family cannot order or deny a medicolegal autopsy.
What is one purpose of a medicolegal autopsy?
To determine the cause of death (immediate and contributing).
What does a medicolegal autopsy help determine regarding manner of death?
It helps determine if the manner of death is accidental, homicide, suicide, natural,
or undetermined.
What type of deaths resulting from violence require a medicolegal autopsy?
Deaths resulting from violence or trauma.
What is one of the roles of a medicolegal autopsy in legal proceedings?
, Recovery, identification, and preservation of evidence.
What types of deaths under suspicious circumstances require a medicolegal
autopsy?
Deaths occurring under suspicious or mysterious circumstances, including drug-
related deaths.
What type of autopsy is required for therapeutic, criminal, and spontaneous
abortions?
A medicolegal autopsy.
What types of accidents involving vehicles require a medicolegal autopsy?
Motor vehicle accidents (drivers, passengers, and pedestrians).
What type of autopsy is required for infants or children with bodily injury?
A medicolegal autopsy may be required.
What types of deaths require a medicolegal autopsy in custodial settings?
