NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -autopsy, also called necropsy, postmortem, or postmortem examination, dissection and examination of a dead body and its organs and structures. An autopsy may be performed to determine the cause of death, to observe the effects of disease, and to establish the evolution and mechanisms of disease processes.

Detailed explanation-2: -A post mortem examination is a medical examination carried out on the body after death. It is also called an autopsy (which means ‘to see for oneself’).

Detailed explanation-3: -The autopsy is the procedure utilized to study the dead. It is primarily a systematic external and internal examination for the purposes of diagnosing disease and determining the presence or absence of injury.

Detailed explanation-4: -Establishing the identity of the deceased is of paramount importance while conducting a forensic autopsy on an unknown body. At times, confirming the identity of the deceased also matters. The cause of death occurs either as an injury in cases of violent deaths or by disease in cases of natural deaths.

Detailed explanation-5: -An autopsy or post mortem is the medical examination of a body after death.