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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. 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):.
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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 : • Suicide • Homicide (victim - assailant) • 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 • Blunt • Sharp • 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 • Death . • Birth • Vaccination