Determination of direction of fire from graze gunshot wounds.
Careful examination of experimentally produced graze bullet wounds of skin demonstrates that specific wound characteristics may be useful in determining the direction in which the projectile traversed the skin surface. These principles are applied to actual cases with known circumstances.
D000818:Animals; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*