Pattern of intersecting fractures and direction of fire.
In gunshot wounds of the skull, the pattern of intersecting fractures may be used to verify the direction of fire. It may be the only indicator of direction, if overlying skin is destroyed or inconclusive and if bevelling is absent in gunshot defects of thin temporal bone.
D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D003415:Crime; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000473:pathology*; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*