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autopsy: postmortem examination of a corpse to determine manner or cause of death (used particularly if the death is caused by a crime) CSI's are often present for the autopsy autopsy: partial, selective, complete autopsy tables are steel and have holes for draining there is a table to cut organs 1) make a Y incision 2) blood sample from the heart 3) take organs out blunt force trauma: impact with a blunt object, can determine the direction of the force, wound pattern can be matched to the weapon, gunshot wounds: looks for tattooing and burns and soot around the wound, each gun makes a distinct pattern, extract any bullets from the body, photos are taken knife wounds: determine cut or stab, cut is longer than it is deep and stab is deeper than it is long, asphyxiation: oxygen cut off in water the lungs are checked to determine if the person drowned or was put into the water ID the body: through a wallet, what the person looks like, a photo, wearing, objects with them, hobbies, where they went procedure: gender, age, height, weight, dental, blood type, scars, medical procedures, fingerprints, personal effects, facial features can look for the person in : CODIS, AFIS, dental records, X-rays from doctors