AUTOPSY QUESTION NO :

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1. ENUMERATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AUTOPIES
?
. There are four types of autopsy
. MEDICO-LEGAL AUTOPSY OR FORENSIC OR CORNERS
AUTOPSIES to find the cause and manner of death
and to identify the decedent
. CLINICAL OR PATHOLOGICAL AUTOPSIES to diagnose
a particular disease or for research purpose ,they aim
to determine , clarify , or confirm medical diagnoses
that remained unknown or unclear to the death
. ANATOMICAL OR ACADEMIC AUTOPSIES performed
by students for anatomy study purpose only
 VIRTUAL OR MEDICAL IMAGING AUTOPSIES
performed utilizing imaging technology only ,
primarily magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and
computed tomography (CT)
2. H0W WILL YOU DETERMINE WHETHER THE
INFANT IS LIVE BORN OR STILL BORN ?
POINTS OF STILL BORN LIVE BORN
DIFFERENCE

DEFINITION Any foetus born dead Any foetus which was

after 28 weeks of alive after complete
pregnancy birth
BODY MOVEMENT Absent Present

SHAPE OF CHEST More flat Less flat

anteroposteriorly
CAPPUT Abesent May be present
SUCCEDANEUN AND
CEPHALHAEMATOM
A
HIGHTEST POINT OF 3rd or 4th rib 6th or 7th rib
DIAPHRAGM
 LUNGS STILL BORN LIVE BORN
VOLUME Smaller Larger
Consistency Firm , Softy , spongy ,
noncrepitant , crepitant , elastic
nonelastic
MARGINS Sharp Rounded
APPEARANCE Uniform reddish Mottled or
brown marbled
VESSELES Not prominent Prominent with
increased
circulation
ALVEOLI NOT expanded Expanded and
and doesnt rise rises above the
above surface surface
ANATOMICAL Upper part of the Whole of the
POSITION IN THE posterior wall cavity
THORAIAC near vertebral
CAVITY column
 STILL BORN LIVE BORN

MICROSCPOIC OF Alveolar sac closed Alveolar sac are

LUNG and lined with dilated and lined
cuboidal or with flat cell
columnar cells Vascularity
Vascularity less prominent
prominent
HYROSTATIC TEST Negative Positive

STOMACH AND NO food , saliva or air Food like milk , saliva

INTESTINE or air present

BREASLAUS SECOND Negative Positive

LIFE TEST

MECONIUM Present in the large Absent after 24hrs

intestine after birth