You are acting as coroner, and you have a victim with 2 gunshot wounds and a lac
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You are acting as coroner, and you have a victim with 2 gunshot wounds and a laceration wound. In this scenario, your "victim" will be the diagrams below. State the anatomical region and /or body cavity in which the "bullet" was found, and describe the location of the wound using at least three (3) directional terms. As coroner, you have to be as specific as possible and keep your patient in anatomical position! contact gunshot entrance wound. The barrel contacts the skin, the gases released by the fired round go into the subcutaneous tissue and cause the star-shaped laceration. Note also the grey-black discoloration from the soot, as well as the faint abrasion ring. [Image by Todd Grey, MD, University of Utah] http: //medstat.med.utah.edu/WebPath/FORHTML/FOR026.html An abrasion ring, formed when the force of the gases entering below skin blow the skin surface back against the muzzle of the gun, is seen here in this contact range gunshot wound. [Image by Todd Grey, MD, University of Utah] http: //medstat.med.utah.edu/WebPath/FORHTML/FOR026.html Here is a typical "defense wound" of a victim of an assault with a sharp weapon, producing a laceration. [Image by Todd Grey, MD, University of Utah http: //medstat.med.utah.edu/WebPath/FORHTML/FOR026.html "Explanation / Answer
Shot 1. The gunshot on middle of front cranial area.
Shot 2. A gunshot on temple area of head near the eye corner at an angle.
Laceration. A clear laceration on the anterior wrist little below the palm.
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