Determination of Injuries on the Bone: A Nigerian Study
<p id="p1"><em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Background</italic></em>: Determining injuries in relation to death have been highly imperative to forensic anthropologist since they...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1152016 |
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| Sumario: | <p id="p1"><em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Background</italic></em>: Determining injuries in relation to death have been highly imperative to forensic anthropologist since they provide clues on the norms, cultures and pattern of death of an individual. <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Aim</italic></em>: The study aimed at determining injuries among skeletal elements in the Anatomy Musuem of Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Methodology</italic></em>: The study was crosssectional and a total of 150 bones which included the skulls, calvarium and pelvis were examined for the presence of ante, peri and postmortem injuries. Other injuries such as blunt force, sharp force and ballistic injuries were also studied. Chisquare test was used to evaluate an association between the bones and the time of injuries. Statistical assessment was done using SPSS 21 Software Version. Significance was accepted at p < 0.05. <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Result</italic></em>: The study showed that postmortem injuries was the most predominant (98%) among the bones. This was followed by perimortem and antemortem injuries (11.3, 10%). The percentages of blunt force, ballistic and sharp force were 98, 1.3 and 0.7% respectively. Further findings showed that there was no association between the bones and the nature of injuries that were observed (p = 0.837; 0.713). <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Conclusion</italic></em>: The study had shown that there are so many hidden facts from skeletal remains which can be of vital importance to forensic science.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-83769-383-2 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.1002804 |