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Medical doctor who investigates and studies diseases in humans.

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Pathologist

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A pathologist who studies disease and trauma leading to death.

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Forensic pathologist

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Branch of medicine used for legal purposes and concerned with determining cause of death, examination of injuries due to crime and negligence. and examination of tissue samples relevant to crimes.

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Forensic Pathology

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Combination or the Greek terms “autos”( self or with one’s own) and “opsomei”( seeing with eyes), thus meaning seeing with ones own eyes

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Autopsy

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Physician trained in pathology and forensic pathology

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Medical examiner system

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Investigators of unusual or suspicious deaths, the one in charge

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Coroner system

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Most recent condition, Next oldest condition, Oldest(origin/initiating) condition

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Causes of death

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Homicide,Suicide,accidental,natural

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Manner of death

9
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Stiffening of body after death as muscle membranes become more permeable to Ca2+

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Rigor mortis

10
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Settling of blood that is no longer circulating from gravity

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Liver mortis

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Decrease in body temperature after death

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Algor mortis

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red or purple spots on the body, caused by a minor hemorrhage

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Petechiae

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Mechanical, chemical, thermal, electrical, radiation, blast

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Classification of trauma

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sharp force or blunt force, gun shot or asphyxia

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Mechanical trauma

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Hypo or hypothermia

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thermal trauma

16
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A discoloration of skin caused by poisoning

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Carbon monoxide poisoning

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A new imaging, non invasive technique that scans the entire body and captures two dimensional and three dimensional images to generate the same conclusions that hours of classical autopsy.

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Virtopsy