ASM 275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Josef Mengele, Yul Brynner, Masseter Muscle
28 Nov 2014
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Module 23: facial reconstruction: forensic artistry and positive identification, http://www. karentaylor. com/forensichome. html, facial reproduction, clay. By building up the face with clay. By going layer by layer and reconstructing the muscles and fat tissues: pencil sketch. Do as much as possible to individualize the specimen. Use of fake eyes is standard, color based on ancestral group to some extent. Protrusion of eye cornea is 4mm anterior to line connecting superior and inferior margin of orbits. Corners of eyelids in line with malar tubercle and lacrimal fossa: step eight apply strips of clay to specified depth to form contours of face. Leave nose and mouth alone at this point: step nine form the nose. Width poor correlation between width of nasal passage and width of nose. There is some relationship but it isn"t a strong one. Nasal opening gives rough guide as to soft tissue size: step 10 forming the lips and mouth.
