Whats an autopsy?

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Answer 1

An autopsy, also called a post-mortem examination, is a detailed and careful medical examination of a person's body and its organs after death to help establish the cause of death. The word autopsy is derived from a Greek word autopsia meaning 'seeing for oneself'. A physician, called a pathologist, who specialises in the study of human diseases, performs the autopsy. Surgical techniques are used to remove and examine each organ, and some tissue samples are selected for microscopic examination or other special tests as required. (A small tissue sample is typically about 0.5cm thick).

An autopsy is usually carried out within 48 hours after the death of a person. An autopsy can be hospital-based (non-coronial) or coronial. Coronial autopsies are ordered by the state coroner, whereas hospital based autopsies may be performed at the request of the family of the deceased.

There are three levels of autopsy
Complete - in which all body cavities are examined (including the head )
Limited - which may exclude the head
Selective- where specific organs only are examined.
Autopsies will usually include testing for any infections (microbiology), changes in body tissue and organs (anatomical histology), and chemicals, eg medication, drugs or poisons (toxicology and pharmacology).

In certain circumstances an autopsy might not be carried out if the coroner and a forensic pathologist can decide the cause of death from medical history and a police report.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

An autopsy is when they go in and look at all parts of the body for any kind of illness, they lool at the liver, the heart , the pancreas, brain, among other thngs. The reason they do a autopsy is because a person dies for unknown reasons and they need to find out if it was a homicide or natural causes. I watch Dr. G all the time on the health channel she is a medical examiner also known as a autopsy.

Answer 3

An autopsy is the medical examination of a dead body in order to establish the cause and circumstances of death.

Answer 4

It is when you are dead, they cut you up to see if there is a reason as to why you died. And as well the medical examiner would do a report on this.

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An after death examination of the body to find out how death occured.

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Sara B give you a very good and comprehensive cover of the subject .she deserve 100 point .

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is a procedure of finding the real cause of death cause human don't just die there always a reason

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when you die, if you had a questionable death they cut you open and look at your organs and blood to find a reason for why you died...

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when they cut open a dead person to find out why they died

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Its when ur dead the cut ur A*ss open to see how u died