ABSTRACT
Autopsies performed by the forensic pathologists in the medical profession, of necessity, include the head and its masticatory apparatus with the maxilla and mandible. Physicians have performed autopsies for thousands of years (Figure 2.1). Autopsy (derived from the Greek word autopsia meaning “to see with one’s own eyes”) is also referred to as necropsy, a term primarily referred to by veterinarians for the postmortem examination of animals.
