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Variation of blood vessels in the cranial-cervical legion
Department of Legal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, ōtsu, Japan
Department of Legal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, ōtsu, Japan
Department of Legal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, ōtsu, Japan
Institute of Legal Medicine, Munich University, Munich, Germany
Department of Legal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, ōtsu, Japan
- 1 Department of Legal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, ōtsu, Japan
- 2 Institute of Legal Medicine, Munich University, Munich, Germany
Forensic Medicine and Anatomy Research·Volume 01, Issue 4·Pages 74–79·Published 7 October 2013·DOI10.4236/fmar.2013.14016
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Abstract
The blood vessels in the head and neck have several main roots for supplying blood to the brain and returning of blood to the heart. It was well known that each artery and vein in the head and neck has its variation. The variation of the vessels some times gives rise to unexpectable findings, which are not described in the textbook. In this study we like to show the morphological variations observed at routine autopsy cases and some forensic pathological findings caused by those variations.
KeywordsVariation of the VesselsForensic Pathology
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