How would a medial examiner determine if a baby was born dead or alive?!
Question:
How would a medial examiner determine if a baby was born dead or alive?
doing a case study in A&P: a newborn infant is found dead, abondend by the road. Among the many question that the police wold like to have answer to is whether the infant was born dead or alive. After autopsy examiner tells police infant was dead at birth. How would medical examiner determine this
Answers:
If the infant took a breath (was born alive) then the aveoli in the lungs would have expanded and the lung tissue would contain air. It is easy to see with a microscopic section.