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Autopsy if from the Greek word _________ meaning _________

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Autopsia, To see with one’s own eyes

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It is the dissection and examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death

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Autopsy

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It includes an external examination of the deceased and the removal and dissection of the brain, kidneys, lungs and heart

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Autopsy

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Gold standard for confirmation of medical disease

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Autopsy

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The person who performs the autopsy

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Prosecutor/ Forensic Pathologist

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The person who assists with the Autopsy procedure, trained in mortuary science, medical technologist, trained personel

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Diener/ Autopsy Technician

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The medical technologist who works in the morgue

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Coroner/ Medico-legal

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it is also known as “Medico-Legal Autopsy or Coroner’s Autopsy”

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Forensic Autopsy

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A detailed medical examination of a deceased person’s body conducted to determine the cause and manner of death.

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Forensic Autopsy

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When is Forensic Autopsy Done?

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Suspected homicide or suicide

Accidental Deaths

Unexplained Deaths

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Executed to diagnose a particular disease or for research purposes. It sheds light into the pathological processes that lead to death of the person

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Clinical or Pathological Autopsy

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sometimes performed to assess the standard of care of hospitals

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Clinical or Pathological Autopsy

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performed by students of anatomy for study purposes. This is usually possible when a person has given permission advance to their death

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Anatomical or Academic Autopsies

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autopsy in the PH that is done in private hospitals for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of death of the person especially if the cause cannot be determined clinically or the case of death is problematic to the clinician

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Routine Hospital Autopsy

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Autopsy in the PH done in the NBI or other government institution for the purpose of prosecution

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Medico-legal Autopsy

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Autopsy in the PH according to purpose

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Routine Hospital Autopsy
Medico-legal Autopsy

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Autopsy in the PH according to completeness of the procedure

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Partial Autopsy
Complete Autopsy

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Autopsy in the PH that is requested involving only the examination of a region or regions of the body

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Partial Autopsy

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Autopsy in the PH that is requested involving in the examination of the whole body from the head to foot for complete diagnosis and investigation

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Complete Autopsy

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Autopsy in the PH according to the manner of incision

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Y shaped Incision
Straight cut Incision

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Autopsy in the PH where in the cadaver is open from both shoulder regions down to the xiphoid area, and the incised down to the pubis. This is commonly done in adult and female cadaver

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Y shaped Incision

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Autopsy in the PH where the cadaver is open from the midline of the body from suprasternal notch down to the pubis. This is commonly done in children and infants

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Straight cut Incision

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A medical autopsy will be performed by a _______________ at the hospital

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pathologist

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A forensic autopsy will be performed by a ___________ at the Morgue

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Medical Examiner

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A coroner does not perform an autopsy, however the coroner is responsible to investigate the ff:
All Homicides All Suicides All Poisoning Premature Death All Accidental Death
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Consent for autopsy order of preference ( Descending Order)
Legal Spouse Children of Legal Age Parent/s Nearest Kin (Siblings) Friends/ Affair
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Autopsy technique that involves organ by organ removal. The most commonly used
Technique of Virchow
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Autopsy technique that involves an in-situ examination of viscera with removal of notable organs
Technique of Rokitansky
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Autopsy technique that involves an En Bloc removal of viscera into thoracic, intestinal, upper abdominal, lower abdominal, brain and neck
Technique of Ghon
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Autopsy technique that involves the En Masse removal of all the viscera
Technique of M. Letulle
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Restricted Autopsy Parts
- Anus and Vagina - Surgical Wounds - Needle Autopsy
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Prohibited Autopsy
- Mutilation - Conspiracy
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- Refers to the irreversible cessation of all vital functions within individual cells - It occurs after somatic death - May lead to nuclear changes and necrosis
Cellular Death
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- Characterized by the discontinuance of cardiac activity and respiration that leads to death of all body cells from lack of oxygen - Considered the moment of clinical death - Marks the start of the dying process
Somatic Death
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is the physiological cell death
Necrobiosis
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cell death due to damaging agent
Necrosis
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programmed cell death
Apoptosis
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A special necrosis of fat tissue, resulting from the action of activated lipases on fatty tissues such as the pancreas
Fat Necrosis (Chalky white Deposits)
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A rapid total enzymatic dissolution of cells leading to pus formation
Liquefaction or Colliquative Necrosis
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it is characterized by the formation of a gelatinous substance in dead tissues in which the architecture of the tissue in maintained, and can be observed by light microscopy
Coagulative Necrosis
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A massive death of tissue combinedly caused by ischemia and putrefaction
Gangrenous Necrosis
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The formation of soft, friable cheesy masses on the necrotic tissue usually observed in syphilis, tularemia, lymphogranuloma inguinale and TB
Caseous Necrosis
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fragmentation of the shriveled nucleus into nuclear dust
Karyorrhexis
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means that nothing of the nucleus is visible any longer, except perhaps a purple haze
Karyolysis
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is a shriveling and darkening of the nucleus attributed to very low pH
Pyknosis
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Primary Changes of Somatic Death
Circulatory Failure Respiratory Failure Nervous Failure
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Secondary Changes of Somatic Death
Algor Mortis Livor Mortis Rigor Mortis Post Mortem Clot Desiccation Putrefaction Autolysis
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- Implies to immediate death - Evidenced by absence of pulse rate and heartbeat
Circulatory Failure
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- leads to death due to absence of oxygen and accumulation of CO2 - Loss of oxidative process necessary for life
Respiratory Failure
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- Causing loss of coordination of various body functions, characterized chiefly by the loss of reflexes
Nervous Failure
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- First demonstrable change observed - Cooling of the body to match the environment - Important in establishing the approximate time of death
Algor Mortis (Cooling of Death)
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Algor Mortis occurs at a definite rate of ________
7 deg F per hour
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- Refers to the rigidity or stiffening of the muscles
Rigor Mortis (Stiffness of Death)
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Rigor mortis occurs ________ hours after death
6-12 hours
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Rigor Mortis persists ____ days
3-4 days
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Rigor mortis is due to deposition of __________
calcium
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- Purplish discoloration of skin in dependent portions of the body, due to stasis and eventual settling down of blood into vessels
Livor Mortis (Post-mortem hypostasis)
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Characterized as: - Portions of clot assume a yellow "chicken fat" appearance - Currant jelly that assumes the shape of the blood vessel - rubbery consistency
Post Mortem Clot
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Characterized as: - Occurs before death - Friable, usually granular. Not readily detachable - Fibrin precipitation in tangled, irregular fashion
Antemortem Clot
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Drying and wrinkling of the cornea and anterior chamber of eye due to absorption of the aqueous humor
Desiccation
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Production of foul-smelling gases due to invasion of the tissue by saprophytic organisms
Putrefaction
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cased of foul smell chemical
Cadaverine
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Self digestions of cell
Autolysis
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in the PH, 1993 the color of death certificate is _____ and on January 2007, the color of the death certificate is ____
Blue, White

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