HOW DID THEY DIE???

Anatomy & Physiology: Ms. Darling

Name:_______________________________
54 points total

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The cadavers we dissect in this table are/were REAL. Each one of these people actually
existed.
YOUR JOB: is to find out how they died.
You may use any manipulation tool that you have learned from me, or any new ones that you
discover on your own.
BOLD words: words we have learned, words you should already know.
*** = graded for correctness
Not starred? = graded for effort
Cadaver 1: Caucasian male
TIP: Pay close attention to how all organs look. *Most* of them are normal/healthy and you will
need to remember how they appear to compare them to your other patients.
Before answering the questions:
Take a picture of the patient’s:

 Spine
 Liver
 Kidneys
 Sternum
 Chest cavity
 Lungs
 Cause of death hypothesis 1: 2 points
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Pieces of evidence for hypothesis 1: 1 point each
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Cause of death hypothesis2: 2 points
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Pieces of evidence for hypothesis 2: 1 point each
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3. Cadaver 1 is missing an organ within the abdominal cavity. What is it? 2 points

4. Cadaver 1 is missing an organ that you may notice externally. What is it? 4 points

Cadaver 2: Asian Male

Cause of death hypothesis 1: 2 points
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Pieces of evidence for hypothesis 1: 1 point each
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Cause of death hypothesis 2: 2 points
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Pieces of evidence for hypothesis 2: 1 point each
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3. ***Perform a coronal section of the patient’s abdomen. There is something majorly and
visibly wrong with one of his organs in the thoracic cavity. What is it? 4 points

4. ***Look at the patient’s kidneys and compare them to cadaver 1’s. How are they
different? 2 points

5. Look at the patient’s liver. What do you notice about its size, relative to cadaver 1? 2
points

6. ***What do the functions of the kidneys and the liver have in common? (yes, you can
look it up) 4 points

7. How might abnormalities in both of these be related? 2 points

8. Now, come up with a third hypothesis for why this patient died: 2 points

Cadaver 3: Asian Female

For this cadaver, you are not formulating a cause of death, just looking for a few
answers:

1. ***The patient has ten screws within her bones. They are all located in the same
area. Where are they? 4 points
 2. ***Turn the patient so that you are viewing her posterior side. Do all of her vertebrae
look normal? If not, around what area does one look abnormal? 4 points

Patient 4: Caucasian female

1. ***Look at her sternum: what is wrong/different about it? 4 points

2. ***Which part of the sternum is affected (look up parts of the sternum)? 4 points