CJE4615 Quiz 9
Medical examiners have the authority to investigate and certify which of the following types of deaths?
Accidents In-custody deaths Unclaimed bodies Suicides
In cases involving decomposition, a pathologist may employ the services of which of the following specialists?
Anthropologists Microbiologists Odontologists
Which of the following is responsible for carrying blood away from the heart?
Arteries
Contrecoup injuries most commonly occur to which of the following organs?
Brain
Which of the following is not an example of a postmortem artifact?
Discoloration of the skin
Based on the type of wound(s) present on the body, investigators can determine whether the cause of death was homicide or suicide.
F
In cases where investigators are able to determine the cause of death in homicide cases, a medicolegal autopsy is not required.
F
Mechanism of death refers to how the death occurred.
F
Wet bloody items of clothing removed during a medicolegal autopsy should be immediately placed inside a clear plastic containers to prevent the deterioration of DNA evidence.
F
A medicolegal autopsy includes which of the following?
Identification of the body Examination of the crime scene Internal examination of the body Toxicological examination of body fluids
During a medicolegal autopsy, a body is X-rayed to determine which of the following?
Locate postsurgical materials such as plates and screws Identify victim's remains Location of bullets within the body Document old fractures
A medicolegal autopsy is ordered by medical examiners for all of the follow reasons except:
Offer subjective and opinionated reports to law enforcement
Which of the following receives advanced training in the recognition and interpretation of diseases and injuries of the human body?
Pathologist
The time between when a victim receives an initial injury and when they succumb to death is referred to as which of the following?
Survival interval
An injury to a part of the body caused by a blow to the opposite side is referred to as a contrecoup injury.
T
Cause of death refers to any injury or disease that produces physiological derangement in the body that results in the death of an individual.
T
In some cases, natural deaths can give the appearance of and suggest homicidal violence.
T
In some jurisdictions, the coroner is elected or appointed officials and may not be a physician.
T
Petechial hemorrhage is small hemorrhages that occur beneath the skin, usually in the lining of the inner surface of the eyelid.
T
The human body cavities is divided into two separate cavities, the dorsal and ventral.
T
When does the medical examiner assume responsibility for and take charge of a body?
Upon notification of death
Soot in the victim's air passage is an indicator of which of the following?
Victim was alive during fire
Which of the following is not part of the external examination in an autopsy?
Weighing stomach content
The thoracoabdominal incision is commonly referred to as which of the following?
Y
Anterior refers to which of the following?
front side of body
