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==Internal exam== | ==Internal exam== | ||
Is usually where the money is in non-forensic autopsies, i.e. hospital autopsies. | Is usually where the money is in non-forensic autopsies, i.e. hospital autopsies. | ||
===Hyoid bone=== | |||
*Important in forensic pathology. | |||
*Fracture is seen in manual strangulation. | |||
*May appear fractured if triticeous cartilage is present;<ref name=pmid15075682>{{cite journal |author=Di Nunno N, Lombardo S, Costantinides F, Di Nunno C |title=Anomalies and alterations of the hyoid-larynx complex in forensic radiographic studies |journal=Am J Forensic Med Pathol |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=14–9 |year=2004 |month=March |pmid=15075682 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref>URL: [http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/Prof.Hamam/curses/Jurnals%20Club/225-Triticeous%20cartilage.pdf http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/Prof.Hamam/curses/Jurnals%20Club/225-Triticeous%20cartilage.pdf]. Accessed on: 10 September 2010.</ref> triticeous cartilage may be confused with a fragment of hyoid bone. | |||
==Spleen== | ==Spleen== | ||