Difference between revisions of "Forensic pathology"

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**Lacerations are usually associated with a contusion and/or crush.
**Lacerations are usually associated with a contusion and/or crush.
**Lacerations are classically on the skull and face.  They are rarely on the abdomen.
**Lacerations are classically on the skull and face.  They are rarely on the abdomen.
==Fractures==
*"Undertaker's fracture" - cervical fracture due to rough handling.<ref>URL: [http://www.the-crankshaft.info/2010/07/postmortem-changes_29.html http://www.the-crankshaft.info/2010/07/postmortem-changes_29.html]. Accessed on: 29 September 2010.</ref>


==Autopsy==
==Autopsy==