718777746 | forensic medicine | Application of science to legal issues | 0 | |
718777748 | Forensic odontologist | Dentistry | 1 | |
718777749 | What does a forensic odontologist do? | Examine x-Rays of the teeth o the deceased and compare them with the x-rays and the examinations made by the deceased'a local dentist | 2 | |
718778310 | Forensic anthropologist | Study of bodily remains to help identify age, sex, race, and approximate height of the individual | 3 | |
718778311 | What does a Forensic pathologist do to determine the identity of the deceased? | Consult forensic odontologist to examine the teeth. Then they consult a forensic anthropologist to look at bodily remains to determine age, sex, race, and approximate height | 4 | |
718778312 | Determining cause of death | This is determined by the autopsy examination and toxicology | 5 | |
718778313 | What does a toxicologist do | Examine examples of tissues obtained during the autopsy to determine what drugs or poisons are in the body, as well as quantity and location. | 6 | |
718778509 | Cause of death | Reflects the physical findings of the autopsy, such as fatal disease or process ( such as hemorrhage, starvation, or exposure) that caused the death of an individual. Cause of death help answer the question why death occurred | 7 | |
718778511 | Manner of death | Indicated how death occurred. 1. Natural 2. Accident 3. Suicide 4. Homicide 5. Undetermined | 8 | |
718778514 | Example of natural manner of death | Refers to a medical problem such as a heart attack or stroke that caused the death if a person | 9 | |
718778516 | Example of an accident cause of death | Result of an unexpected, unforeseen, an unintended fatal event | 10 | |
718778518 | homicide | Intentionally killing someone else | 11 | |
718778520 | Proximate cause of death | Initial incident or act that set into motion a series of foreseeable interconnected events that led to the persons demise | 12 | |
294738089 | Steps in the autopsy | External examination Internal examination | 13 |
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