Death and Autopsy

_____ is the injury or condition responsible for a person's death (i.e. heart attack)

_____ is an elected official, either a layman or physician, who certifies deaths and can order additional investigations of suspicious deaths

_____ is the pooling of the blood in tissues after death that results in a red skin color

_____ is the specific physiological, physical, or chemical event that stops life.

_____ is the stiffening of the skeletal muscles after death

_____ is the breakdown of cells as they self-digest

Internal examination is which step during an autopsy?

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Removal of the organs is which step during an autopsy?

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• Step 4

Removing of the brain is which step during an autopsy?

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Examining & weighing the organs is which step during an autopsy?

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