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Forensic Toxicologist What they do Summarize the next task we have to do in regards to Anna’s autopsy. Write 2-3 sentences in order to relate each of these terms to one another. Highlight each term. Use your own words. Terms: Digestive System, forensic toxicologist, medical examiner, samples, toxin, poison. Why we need toxicology tests Could a chemical in the lab where she was found have caused Anna’s death ? Is it possible that she ingested something that harmed her? 1.2.3. Forensic Toxicology Looking for a Needle in a Haystack Investigate what substances that could have been in her system at the time of her death. Potential harmful substances or particularly toxins. A forensic toxicologist analyzes the contents in the digestive system . During an autopsy, the medical examiner collects samples to check for toxins or poison . To correctly determine the substances within a body and the effects they may have on humans They look for poisons or toxins in the body to study and figure out how they affect people
Physical vs. Chemical Digestion: Write 2-3 sentences in order to relate each of these terms to one another. Highlight each term. Use your own words. Terms: digestion, nutrients, molecules, waste, chemical reactions, energy. Label each diagram as to whether it represents chemical or physical digestion. Describe what each kind of digestion is and where it occurs. Digesting the Digestive System We eat and drink water and food substances for energy, when we eat we digest the food to absorb through chemical reactions, the molecules that give us energy and power our body parts, the parts of the food that are needed or leftover are excreeted as waste. Physical, the solid form and how we perceive it, While there are many chemical parts in it we perceive it as a different thing such as a sandwich, this is also how the digestion process begins Chemical digestion: what the substances are made of, the body cuts out and used the parts that would power and be useful to the body
Forensic Chemist What they test Write a sentence to relate these terms. Use your own words. Terms: metabolism, metabolites, tissues, ingested chemicals. In the boxes, list & describe each section of the digestive system shown above in the order in which materials pass through them. The 2 kinds of tests they run Inside Anna’s Stomach Esophagus- muscular tube that transports food from mouth Stomach - contains acids and enzymes and contracts to break down food Small intestine- break down food molecules and absorbs digested nutrients Large intestine- reabsorbs water and forms feces to be released from the body Metabolism is the process of breaking down substances and converting to new substances. The small molecules produced are called metabolites .Toxicologists test samples of bodily fluids and/or tissues for ingested chemicals in the body. Oral cavity - is the first part of the digestive tract. A forensic chemist is a professional chemist who analyzes evidence that is brought in from crime scenes and reaches a conclusion based on tests run on that piece of evidence. Presumptive tests and confirmatory tests.
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