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32/42Name: Makaijden Kelso
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Chapters 2, 4, and 10 - Forensic Pathology
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Vocabulary WordNever seen it, don't know itHeard of it, might know itKnow itDefinition in your own words.
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1. Algor mortis XAlgor mortis is the cooling of the body after death.
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2. AutopsyXAutopsy is to look deeper into the death of somebody by looking into their body.
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3. Cause of deathXthe (-1, capitalize) reasoning behind someone's death.
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4. Clinical pathologyXThe process of analyzing the fluids that might come out of the body/bodily fluids.
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5. CoronerXThe Coroner (-1, don't capitalize) comes into the crime scene and cleans up and grabs the body.
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6. ContusionXA contrusion (-1, sp.) show(s) (-1) where a hit happened but it did not break the skin.
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7. EmbalmingXEmbalming is damage of or to bodily fulids. (-2, incorrect)
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8. ExhumationXThe process of digging up a body.
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9. ExsanguinationXWhen the body loses a large amount of blood in a rapid amount of time.
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10. HyperthermiaXWhen your body gets overheated and begins to cook internally.
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11. HypothermiaXWhen your body is to cold and can cause frostbite begins to slow heart rate a lot.
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12. Incised woundXThe dimensions of the wound and how wide or long it is. (-2, incorrect)
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Vocabulary WordNever seen it, don't know itHeard of it, might know itKnow itDefinition in your own words.
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13. LacerationsX An injury that produced a cut on the skin. (-1, it is an injury but how is it different from other injuries?)
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14. Livor mortisXdiscoloration (-1, capitalize) of the body due to the settling of the blood.
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15. Manner of deathXWhat things led up to the death.
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16. Mechanism of deathXWhat was used to cause the death or how death happened.
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17. Medical ExaminerXA physicist (-1, wrong word) that can oversee all the processes that aid in an investigation.
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18. PathologyXIt is the study of structural changes to the body.
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19. Postmortem intervalXHelps to plot or get an estimated idea of when death occured.
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20. Rigor mortisXA reaction to lack of blood flow in muscles causing them to stiffen.
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21. StipplingXSmall marks on the skin like dots left after a close discharge happened.
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