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**Regenerative activity (mitoses). | **Regenerative activity (mitoses). | ||
== | ==Skull== | ||
*One should saw through the skull completely, i.e. one should not "crack" the skull open with a chisel. | *One should saw through the skull completely, i.e. one should not "crack" the skull open with a chisel. | ||
**Cracking open the skull may result in artefactual fractures that are impossible to differentiate from antemortem fractures. | **Cracking open the skull may result in artefactual fractures that are impossible to differentiate from antemortem fractures. | ||
**Cuts into the brain (from opening the skull) are not difficult to distinguish from antemortem injuries. | **Cuts into the brain (from opening the skull) are not difficult to distinguish from antemortem injuries. | ||
Scalp hematoma: | |||
*May result from intracranial pressure. | |||
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scalp_hematomas.jpg Types of scalp hematomas]. | |||
===Anatomic variants=== | |||
*Metopic suture - midline in frontal bone.<ref name=pmid19060688>{{cite journal |author=Ramos GA, Ylagan MV, Romine LE, D'Agostini DA, Pretorius DH |title=Diagnostic evaluation of the fetal face using 3-dimensional ultrasound |journal=Ultrasound Q |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=215–23 |year=2008 |month=December |pmid=19060688 |doi=10.1097/RUQ.0b013e31819073c2 |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Lambdoidal suture - occipital bone/parietal bones. | |||
*Coronal suture - frontal bone/parietal bone. | |||
==Weird stuff== | ==Weird stuff== | ||