True about Lacerated wound is?: (A) Clean cut wound, (B) Regular margin, (C) Irregular margin, (D) Tapered margins
Answer is C. ANSWER: (C) Irregular marginREF: Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Nagesh Kumar Rao Page 182Features of laceration:* Margins-irregular, with pieces of tissue attached, called as tissue tags or bridges* Bruising seen around the margins* Hair bulbs crushed* Depth of wound is variable with foreign bodies* Laceration of viscera produces fatal bleeding* In skin laceration one of the margin overhangs the other giving sign of direction of the force involved* On healing produces permanent scar