BANANA AUTOPSY Shadi and Karam WHAT IS AN

BANANA AUTOPSY Shadi and Karam

WHAT IS AN AUTOPSY? • Autopsy's are preformed by specialized people who examine the exterior and interior of a body to discover cause of death. • Autopsy’s are very important and beneficial because they can help in criminal investigations to see if the dead guy died from an accident, suicide, or homicide.

MATERIALS ØSmall dissecting try ØForceps ØDissecting pins ØScalpel ØBlunt probe ØPaper towel

BEFORE DISSECTION • Banana had brown spots everywhere, and brown lines down the midline

TRANSVERSE CERVICAL CUT • A transverse cervical cut at the top of the banana. Inside fresh and the peel is 2 mm superficial to the banana.

TRANSVERSE UMBILICAL CUT • Transverse cut at the torso of the banana. Similar features to the transverse cervical cut at the head

FRONTAL INCISION • Frontal incision is cutting the head in half from the top. Splitting the head into inferior and anterior sections. Anterior: Black on top Posterior: View of the head is lighter than the rest of the body. Black line near medial of the posterior.

MID-SAGITTALL • Mid-sagittal cut is a cut down the middle of the banana splitting it into right and left sections. Right: Deep in the banana is darker than the distal of the banana. Left: Similar to the right sagittal longitudinal view except that it is a bit riper.

PARASAGITTAL • Para sagittal is cutting the banana a cut on one side of the midline and identical cut on the other side Right: deep in the right parasagittal longitudinal view is very ripe Left: Similar to the right parasagittal view but not as ripe.

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