A wound with bruised and irregular margins, tissue bridging across the wound cavity, and no clean cut edges is best described as:
- A Incised wound
- B Laceration ✓
- C Stab wound
- D Puncture wound
Correct answer: B. Laceration
Explanation
Lacerations are caused by blunt trauma and are characterized by irregular, ragged, bruised, and crushed margins with tissue bridges (nerves, blood vessels, connective tissue strands) crossing the wound cavity. Incised wounds and stab wounds produced by sharp objects have clean, sharply cut edges without tissue bridging or bruising of margins.
Reference: The Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (Narayan Reddy), 34th ed.
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