ABMDI Registry Exam – 238
Questions with Answers
Anencephalic - -An infant born without a brain
-Bereavement - -Sorrow following the death of a loved one
-Brain death - -Final cessation of activity in the central nervous system, as
indicated by a flat electroencephalogram (EEG) or absence of cerebral blood
flow for a predetermined period of time
-Cardiac death - -Final cessation of activity in the cardiovascular system
involving the heart and blood vessels
-Cessation - -The final stoppage of action
-Coroner - -Typically an elected official who decides whether a death
occurred under circumstances that require an autopsy, either by law or to
determine manner or cause. A coroner can determine the scope of an
autopsy and who will perform it if the elected coroner is not qualified. Only
Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Ohio require, without exception, that
coroners be medical doctors
-Jurisdiction - -The power or authority a court or office has over individuals
or trauma
-Legal next-of-kin - -The person from whom the medicolegal death
investigator must secure consent before initiating any procurement activity
-Medical examiner - -Usually a medical doctor, although not necessarily a
highly trained pathologist. Like a coroner, a medical examiner decides
whether a death occurred under circumstances that may require an autopsy
and who will perform it if the medical examiner is not qualified. A medical
examiner is usually appointed to the position and may have jurisdiction for a
county, district, or state
-OPO (organ procurement organization) - -The agency responsible for
identifying potential donors, obtaining consent, and procuring organs
-Postmortem changes - -Alterations of the body following death, including
decomposition and environmental resuscitative injuries
-Statutes - -Laws enacted by the legislative branch of government
, -Verify - -Establish or confirm the accuracy of information or evidence
through testimony
-Vital statistics - -A governmental agency responsible for maintaining a
system of registration and release of records for the public, including birth,
marriage, divorce, and death
-Antemortem blood sample - -An initial blood sample that usually is
obtained when the subject arrives at the hospital emergency room, before
additional diagnostic or therapeutic treatment is initiated
-Authorization - -Official permission granted by a superior
-Common-law marriage - -A marriage that is recognized because the couple
have been cohabiting for a determined length of time, yet a legal marriage
ceremony has not been performed
-Confidential - -Revealed in confidence (trust, assurance), to be kept secret
-Cremation - -The reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone
fragments by intense heat in a specially designed chamber
-Demographic information - -Personal identifying and specific information
regarding an individual's age, social security number, gender, address, and
so on
-Disinterment - -The opening of a grave and removal of the body for the
purpose of reexamination or removal to another site
-Embalmer - -An individual licensed by the state to disinfect, preserve, and
cosmetically restore dead human bodies
-Euphemism - -A mild or inoffensive term or phrase that is substituted for
another, more explicit term
-Funeral director - -An individual or corporation licensed by a state to
prepare dead human remains, other than by embalming, for interment or
other means of disposal. The person also conducts funeral services and
counsels the decedent's families
-Guardianship or power of attorney - -Legal authorization to act on another
individual's behalf. This authority usually ceases after death, so be sure to
check the law in your state
-Interrogation - -The formal act of examining a person by asking questions,
usually a law enforcement function
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