Forensic Medicine experts examine the hyoid bone to decide whether or not the fracture is ante mortem or post mortem in nature and also the type of fracture in cases of autopsy with external neck injury of compression or constriction type. At occasions, Medical officers working at P.H.C., C.H.C. or district hospitals forward such bone to Forensic expert for such opinion. A preliminary study of experimental and reconstructive nature was carried out. The results indicated that it is possible to opine that whether the fracture was due to inward compression or antero-posterior compression.
Neck compression, hypoid bone, separated fragment, type of fracture
