When entering a crime scene, you need to be prepared for anything. Looking for evidence, like a body, is really useful, but so is DNA from hair follicles and bodily fluids to name a few. When a body is found, it is taken to have an autopsy performed. When examining the body, with X-rays and Cat Scans for example, it is possible that you will find antemortem injuries (injuries that happened before the death). Antemortem injuries can range from bone fractures to abrasions, and they are easily identifiable.
According to the International Wound Journal, “when the hard outer layer of bone (cortical bone) and the inner spongy bone (cancellous bone) are traumatized by a fracture, puncture, and/or break, a number of physiological events take place …show more content…
For example, a Paleopathological Middle Pleistocene archaic human cranium from Maba, South China was found. It showed a right frontal squamous [exocranial] concave and a ridged lesion with endocranial protrusion. Diagnosis then concluded that the concave and ridged lesion resulted from localized blunt force trauma, due to an accident or a fight with another person. Its remodeled condition also indicates survival of a serious pathological condition that was spreading through South China in the Middle Pleistocene period. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 108 Issue 49). When forensic anthropologists are identifying any skeletal remains using X-Ray or CT machines, it is often times pretty easy to find areas of blunt or sharp force trauma and sickness because everything leaves a mark. Like I mentioned above, if the premortem injuries and/or past surgical procedures are the same in both x-rays, then it is most likely that the known individual and the unidentified remains are the same. It is a hard process that takes a lot of time and effort, but almost every time it should work without a
According to the International Wound Journal, “when the hard outer layer of bone (cortical bone) and the inner spongy bone (cancellous bone) are traumatized by a fracture, puncture, and/or break, a number of physiological events take place …show more content…
For example, a Paleopathological Middle Pleistocene archaic human cranium from Maba, South China was found. It showed a right frontal squamous [exocranial] concave and a ridged lesion with endocranial protrusion. Diagnosis then concluded that the concave and ridged lesion resulted from localized blunt force trauma, due to an accident or a fight with another person. Its remodeled condition also indicates survival of a serious pathological condition that was spreading through South China in the Middle Pleistocene period. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 108 Issue 49). When forensic anthropologists are identifying any skeletal remains using X-Ray or CT machines, it is often times pretty easy to find areas of blunt or sharp force trauma and sickness because everything leaves a mark. Like I mentioned above, if the premortem injuries and/or past surgical procedures are the same in both x-rays, then it is most likely that the known individual and the unidentified remains are the same. It is a hard process that takes a lot of time and effort, but almost every time it should work without a