[gatagato]

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Fig. 12.34
Laceration of the lower leg due to an increase in intra-abdominal pressure following a truck run over. Loops of intestine have herniated through the defect


Fig. 12.35
An almost complete aortic laceration sustained in a sudden deceleration/blunt impact incident (motor vehicle collision)



Fig. 12.36
A small full thickness laceration of the aorta following
marked deceleration in a vehicle crash


Fig. 12.37
A larger partial but full thickness aortic laceration


Fig. 12.38
Complete laceration of the aorta following marked deceleration in a vehicle crash


Fig. 12.39
Multiple lung lacerations due to impact from displaced fractured rib ends


Fig. 12.40
Multiple liver lacerations


Fig. 12.41
Extensive liver lacerations with marked disruption


Fig. 12.42
Multiple splenic lacerations with organ disruption associated with significant hemorrhage into the abdominal cavity


Fig. 12.43
Extensive heart lacerations sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle collision


Fig. 12.44
A closed humerus (upper arm bone) fracture


Fig. 12.45
An open (compound) fracture of the tibia (shin bone)


Fig. 12.46
Multiple acute rib fractures with displacement of the broken ends


Fig. 12.47
Multiple linear and curvilinear skull fractures


Fig. 12.48
Multiple comminuted skull fractures


Fig. 12.49
Multiple basilar skull fractures, predominantly on the right side


Fig. 12.50
Multiple healing rib fractures (arrows) with thickening at the site of fracture and repair, so-called ‘‘callus’’ formation


Fig. 12.51
An avulsion injury of the skin of the face, sustained in a pedestrian versus motor vehicle collision


Fig. 12.52
An amputation injury sustained in a farming accident. Accidents on farms are often associated with very severe and mutilating injuries


Fig. 12.53
A decapitation injury sustained in a motorcycle versus fixed-object collision


Fig. 12.54
Body transection occurring in a motorcycle accident


Fig. 12.55
An example of body transection involving a motorcycle rider with separation of the thorax from the abdomen


Fig. 12.56
The hair overlying this blunt force head injury has been shaved in order to better visualize the wound. Note the presence of abrasion,contusion, and multiple lacerations


Fig. 12.57
A focal area of hemorrhage under the scalp (subgaleal), indicating a site of head impact


Fig. 12.58
Orbital plate (anterior cranial basilar skull) fractures


Fig. 12.59
A ‘‘hinge fracture’’ of the base of the skull going from one side to the other, resulting from a side impact


Fig. 12.60
Another hinge fracture of the skull sustained in a vehicle crash


Fig. 12.61
An extreme example of hinge fracture with complete separation of the front and back parts of the skull


Fig. 12.62
A ‘‘ring fracture’’ involving the base of the skull around the foramen magnum where the spinal cord joins the base of the brain. Such fractures may occur with falls from heights, with impact on the top of the head or bottom of the feet


Fig. 12.63
A recent fracture of the cervical spine with compression of the adjacent spinal cord


Fig. 12.64
Red tubing marks the course of the vertebral arteries through the transverse processes
of the cervical spine. Injury to the spine in this area may lacerate the artery



Fig. 12.65
The vertebral artery lying within the transverse processes of the cervical spine may tear
if there is blunt trauma to the side of the neck. This may result in a dissection. The microscope slide shows such a dissection with blood tracking within the wall of the artery


Fig. 12.66
An old fracture of the thoracic spine with bony fusion in an individual who was
rendered quadriplegic by the accident


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[kellyhound]

Some nice detailed inside view pics and info.
that spleen really is fucked up.

[MrEzzzkiel]

Nice post, gatagato!

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Nice clean post man!

[Jere]

awesome view on a big screen...

[Sharon]

Absolutely brilliant thread

[Karma]

Agreed. Brilliant thread. Good job Gatagato,

[MeMyselfandI]

Christ

[allison]

Intestine ejected from the knee.

There are many strange and wondrous things in this world

[Azimuth]

What an excellent post!