The Autopsy -- The Head

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1. In order to remove the brain, a fairly deep incision is made from ear to ear along the back or the crown of the head. The top portion of the scalp is then pulled over the face. The top of the skull is then removed using a saw called the ________? Stryker Stylidium Styrax Syringa

2. Close inspection of the brain surface may reveal recent or remote cerebral ________? Arenivaga Eremoblatta Contusion Euthyrrhapha

3. A 960 gram brain would be in normal range for a human of age ________? Newborn None of the above 20 years One year

4. During autopsy, the brain is examined in situ and never removed from the cranial vault. True False

5. ________ Disease is a genetic disorder affecting the brain? Tay-Sachs Sergei Ryakhovsky Vasiliy Kulik Sasha Spesivtsev

6. Microscopic Examination: Sections of the brain may show evidence of ________? All of these Embolic injury Anoxic encephalopathy Meningitis

7. Known as the 'Father of Pathology," this man's name is synonymous with a brain examination system still in use today. His name is ________? Cayetano Santos Godino Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow Matti Haapoja Karl Grossmann

8. The brain is often preserved and left to "set" for a short period of time in a mixture of buffered water and formaldehyde. This mixture is called ________? formalin parafluorofentanyl á-methylfentanyl methylmethaqualone

9. After the calvarium has been scored, separation of the top of the calvarium from the lower skull is aided by use of a skull ________? scapula chisel vomer clavicle

10. Upon autopsy completion, the head is generally closed using ________? thread matching the decedent's hair in mosaic stitch a thick twined baseball stitch flesh tone silk thread in Hungarian point stitch pewter staples in Hungarian ground stitch