SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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Autopsy
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Biopsy
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Osmolysis
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Metaphase
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Detailed explanation-1: -A post-mortem examination, also known as an autopsy, is the examination of a body after death. The aim of a post-mortem is to determine the cause of death. Post-mortems are carried out by pathologists (doctors who specialise in understanding the nature and causes of disease).
Detailed explanation-2: -There are two main types of autopsies: forensic and clinical. The first one is performed in case of suspicious, violent or unknown cause of death. The second is performed in the hospital, by the pathologist, based on the consent of the deceased’s next of kin in order to find and better understand the causes of death.
Detailed explanation-3: -4.1 Forensic autopsy. 4.2 Clinical autopsy. 4.3 Academic autopsy. 4.4 Virtual autopsy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Medico-Legal Autopsy or Forensicorcoroner’s autopsies. Anatomicaloracademic autopsies. Clinical or Pathological autopsies.