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الرحيم الرحمن الله بسم
Forensic Medicine
Medical terms
The autopsy Dissection (to cut through): is a procedure
to cut up an organism for study. Location and separation of the tissues in a surgical manner along natural lines of cleavage.
Autopsy (necropsy): Is the postmortem examination or the
description of investigative dissection of a dead body. The legal system varies from country to country
1 -Academic autopsy Helps in learning anatomy for medical
student .
2 -Clinical (hospital) autopsy:
From which the medical practitioners seek to learn the extent of the disease for which they were treating the deceased patient. Autopsy needs the consent of the relatives.
3 -Forensic autopsy: Held on suspicious or frankly criminal
deaths. In most legal systems,
NO permission from the relatives is required.
Death Cause of death: a disease or injury which
resulted in death of an individual. Manner of death :
1. Suicide
2. Homicide (victim - assailant)
3. Accidental .
Thanatology (death and PM changes).
Rigor mortis Hypostasis Putrefaction
Sudden unexpected death. Myocardial infarction Atherosclerosis Cerebral hemorrhage pneumonia . Peptic ulcer Renal failure Cardio respiratory arrest
Identification. Finger prints DNA prints Age estimation Clothes External appearance
Face – hair - color – length
Wounds Instrument
1. Blunt
2. Sharp
3. Firearm (pistol – gun – shots – bullet )
Wounds
Incised – cut Stab Stab penetrating Abrasion Contusion Laceration
Head injuries . Concussion Compression Fracture base
Physical injuries Burns Scalds Corrosive Sunstroke Irradiation burn
Asphyxia Hanging الشنق Strangulation الخنق Drowning Chocking
Child abuse. Physical
Psychic negligence
Sexual
Sexual offences. Adultery. Rape. Sodomy . Bestiality . Sadism .
Writing medical documents
Medico legal Report
Certificate
1. Death .
2. Birth
3. Vaccination
Lacerated wound