QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Perimortem Trauma. Answer: occurring at or around the time of
death
Sharp edges
Hinging
Fracture lines
Angular broken edges
Hematoma Staining
◉ postmortem trauma. Answer: after death
No fracture lines
No green stick and hinge fractures
,Break occur at angles of shaft
Dark inside
◉ Blunt force trauma. Answer: injury caused by force over wide area
◉ Types of blunt traumas. Answer: Blunt objects
Vehicle crashs
Abrasion
Bites
Falls
◉ laceration. Answer: wound or injury with jagged, irregular edges
and flesh still attached near edges
◉ contusion. Answer: bruise
,◉ Abrasion. Answer: Superficial removal or stretching of skin
◉ radiating fracture. Answer: pattern of cracks that move outward
from a point of impact
◉ concentric fracture. Answer: circular pattern of cracks that forms
around a point of impact
◉ buttressing. Answer: Blows at the cranial cause fractures around
Mid-occipital
Posterior temporal
Anterior Temporal
Midfrontal
◉ LeFort I. Answer: most common, low horizonal fracture
◉ LeFort 2 Fracture. Answer: Blunt force around nose, entire
midface separation
, ◉ LeFort 3 Fracture. Answer: Upper face, seperation of entire face
◉ What affects damage caused by blunt force trauma. Answer: Size,
shape, weight, force, angle, intent
◉ Bullet Caliber. Answer: Diameter of bullet
◉ Bullet guage. Answer: Weight of a lead ball Ex.
12 gauge - can hold 1/12th of a pound
◉ Bullet jacket. Answer: Usually a metallic cover over the core of a
bullet. Usually cooper
Semi jacketed
Non jacket - Deform on impact
◉ bullet point. Answer: Sharp - Rifle
Blunt - Hand gun