Abstract

PROCEDURE OF MEDICOLEGAL AUTOPSY & ITS ANATOMICAL ASPECT

Dr. Sanjay Goswami* and Dr. Madhavi Goswami

Abstract

An autopsy, also called as Necropsy or post mortem examination, is the examination of a person’s body after death. It is an essential part of investigation to determine the cause of death. Autopsy means (autos=self. Opis=view) to see for oneself. Necropsy (necros=dead, opis=view) is most accurate term for investigative dissection of dead body, but term autopsy is commonly used and is more popular. Autopsy is of two types (1) Medicolegal Autopsy find cause and manner of unnatural death e.g. murder, suicide, accident etc. (2) Hospital Autopsy To know whether the person is suffering from any disease and if death was caused due to carcinoma, genetic disorder or some other undiagnosed disease. Procedure of Autopsy consists of external examination and internal examination. For doing autopsy we have to know about general anatomy of body in detail because any abnormal condition of body we have to analyse with the normal condition or normal anatomy of body.

Keywords: Autopsy, necropsy, postmortem.