ABSTRACT
Give an outline of the descriptive techniques of the forensic autopsy. DeŽne descriptive morphology. M
22. Describe a method for the description of one to multiple (25) gunshot wounds to the body. What is your preferred reference site for vertical and horizontal measurement? Explain. What is your method for body handling during the measuring of the bullet wounds? What precautions do you take to avoid losing a loose bullet? How do you use a long metal bullet probe in gunshot wound cases? What are the precautions with its use? How do you retrieve a subcutaneous palpable bullet pellet? And how do you handle it as evidence? If a bullet pellet is found loose in the body bag, how do you identify it and retain it for the ballistics lab? Do you describe, excise, and preserve each entry/exit wound? Why? How do you store them? Describe the di§erent skin changes (inshoot and outshoot) as they relate to the velocity and caliber of the bullet. Do you x-ray every shooting case? What is your policy in this matter? What is your preferred method of gunshot wound description in the autopsy protocol?
