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Record

Holding institution
University of Tennessee Regional Forensic Center, Knoxville
Collection
University of Tennessee Regional Forensic Center (USA)
Country of origin
USA

Scientific notes

Thermal damaged calcined rigth proximal tibia and diaphysis.

Provenance

<a href="mailto: mmarks@utmck.edu"> Murray Marks, PhD, D-ABFA</a>

1 lesions

burn

Bones
Tibia
Side
Right
Force
Direct

Fire Thermal

  • Thermal damage to tibial diaphysis. Very high temperatures induce a variety of color changes in bone as it loses it´s organic content.

    <a href="mailto: ricketts@bu.edu"> Darryl Ricketts, MSc </a> <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'><img alt='Creative Commons License' style='border-width:0' src='http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png' /></a><br />This <span xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' href='http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage' rel='dc:type'>work</span> is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License</a>

  • Posterior view. Burning has destroyed the posterior half of the tibia, including the cortical and trabecular bone.

    <a href="mailto: ricketts@bu.edu"> Darryl Ricketts, MSc </a> <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'><img alt='Creative Commons License' style='border-width:0' src='http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png' /></a><br />This <span xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' href='http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage' rel='dc:type'>work</span> is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License</a>

  • Anterior vied. Calcined bone is gray to blue to white, and very fragile. It has lost all of it´s organic component to heat.

    <a href="mailto: ricketts@bu.edu"> Darryl Ricketts, MSc </a> <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'><img alt='Creative Commons License' style='border-width:0' src='http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png' /></a><br />This <span xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' href='http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage' rel='dc:type'>work</span> is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License</a>

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University of Tennessee Regional Forensic Center, Knoxville. University of Tennessee Regional Forensic Center (USA). catalogue no. Regional_Forensic_Center,Knoxville-Tib