title: Classification of human breast morphology important to bite mark investigation.
abstract: There is a great range of variability in human breast size and resiliancy that may have an effect upon the interpretation of bite marks. A proper understanding of the normal range of breast morphology and a system of classification is necessary for an understanding of distortion effects, as well as the precise communication of those effects to others. A classification is given for the morphology of the female human breast following a review of the literature.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000473:pathology*; D001734:Bites, Human / Q000473:pathology*; D001940:Breast / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002965:Classification; D005260:Female; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy