The course covers and Deals with medico-legal investigation of death and injury due to natural causes, accidents, and violence. Covers analysis/investigation of transportation injuries, of homicides/suicides due to various causes, rape, or injury; methods for identification and guidelines for quality control assurance. Forensic terminology, anatomy, and physiology of the human body with emphasis on the understanding of the underlying pathology of traumatic and sudden, unexpected deaths encountered in forensics. Bone growth and repair as it relates to child abuse, structure and function of the heart relating to sudden deaths, and anatomic areas of the brain prone to hemorrhagic lesions following trauma. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Differentiation between deaths from asphyxia
