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antemortem trauma injury to a body that occurs during life.
anthropologist can determine this by the presence
of scars or callus at the site of fractures
increased porosity near break
Rounded edges
Callus presence
Perimortem Trauma occurring at or around the time of death
Sharp edges
Hinging
Fracture lines
Angular broken edges
Hematoma Staining
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postmortem trauma after death
No fracture lines
No green stick and hinge fractures
Break occur at angles of shaft
Dark inside
Blunt force trauma injury caused by force over wide area
Types of blunt traumas Blunt objects
Vehicle crashs
Abrasion
Bites
Falls
laceration wound or injury with jagged, irregular edges and
flesh still attached near edges
contusion bruise
Abrasion Superficial removal or stretching of skin
radiating fracture pattern of cracks that move outward from a point
of impact
concentric fracture circular pattern of cracks that forms around a point
of impact
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buttressing Blows at the cranial cause fractures around
Mid-occipital
Posterior temporal
Anterior Temporal
Midfrontal
LeFort I most common, low horizonal fracture
LeFort 2 Fracture Blunt force around nose, entire midface separation
LeFort 3 Fracture Upper face, seperation of entire face
What affects damage caused by Size, shape, weight, force, angle, intent
blunt force trauma
Bullet Caliber Diameter of bullet
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Bullet guage Weight of a lead ball Ex.
12 gauge - can hold 1/12th of a pound
Bullet jacket Usually a metallic cover over the core of a bullet.
Usually cooper
Semi jacketed
Non jacket - Deform on impact
bullet point Sharp - Rifle
Blunt - Hand gun
Hollow point - Indentation in tip so exapnd on
impact
Hard contact of gun causes stellate scar
Loose contact Soot, small burn area,
rarely stellate scar
Muzzle burn
Close range No muzzle burn
Soot area is bigger, stippling
>7 inches Stippling, no soot, spread
inward beveling - outer part of the hole is smaller than the inner
part of the hole
- entrance wounds
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Terms in this set (222)
antemortem trauma injury to a body that occurs during life.
anthropologist can determine this by the presence
of scars or callus at the site of fractures
increased porosity near break
Rounded edges
Callus presence
Perimortem Trauma occurring at or around the time of death
Sharp edges
Hinging
Fracture lines
Angular broken edges
Hematoma Staining
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postmortem trauma after death
No fracture lines
No green stick and hinge fractures
Break occur at angles of shaft
Dark inside
Blunt force trauma injury caused by force over wide area
Types of blunt traumas Blunt objects
Vehicle crashs
Abrasion
Bites
Falls
laceration wound or injury with jagged, irregular edges and
flesh still attached near edges
contusion bruise
Abrasion Superficial removal or stretching of skin
radiating fracture pattern of cracks that move outward from a point
of impact
concentric fracture circular pattern of cracks that forms around a point
of impact
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buttressing Blows at the cranial cause fractures around
Mid-occipital
Posterior temporal
Anterior Temporal
Midfrontal
LeFort I most common, low horizonal fracture
LeFort 2 Fracture Blunt force around nose, entire midface separation
LeFort 3 Fracture Upper face, seperation of entire face
What affects damage caused by Size, shape, weight, force, angle, intent
blunt force trauma
Bullet Caliber Diameter of bullet
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Bullet guage Weight of a lead ball Ex.
12 gauge - can hold 1/12th of a pound
Bullet jacket Usually a metallic cover over the core of a bullet.
Usually cooper
Semi jacketed
Non jacket - Deform on impact
bullet point Sharp - Rifle
Blunt - Hand gun
Hollow point - Indentation in tip so exapnd on
impact
Hard contact of gun causes stellate scar
Loose contact Soot, small burn area,
rarely stellate scar
Muzzle burn
Close range No muzzle burn
Soot area is bigger, stippling
>7 inches Stippling, no soot, spread
inward beveling - outer part of the hole is smaller than the inner
part of the hole
- entrance wounds
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