ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Forensic Anthropology, Osteoarthritis, Major Trauma
26 Apr 2019
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Other dental changes: discolouration caused in forming dentition, severity of discolouration dependent on does, fluorosis=extra fluoride ingested, tetracycline: an antibiotic, teeth relatively resistant to caries. The coroner/me determines: cause of death, mechanism of death, manner of death. Asphyxiation: check-foreign body in trachea, hanging, strangulation, fractured hyoid, dens, c2, thyroid. Trauma: trauma: physical disruption of living tissues by outside forces, alteration: a change to tissues (incl. bone, may include, burns, abrasions, bruises, asphyxiation, dislocations, fractures, injuries from firearms, but not all injuries are evident on the skeleton. How is trauma evident on a skeleton: fractures, break in the continuity of bone (and teeth!, dislocations, myositis ossificans, ossified muscle tissue. Fractures: fracture types can provide some info about the events surrounding death and even the manner of death, timing of injuries, number of patterning of injuries, location of the injuries. Areas inaccessible to victims: defensive injurie s.
