MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STAB INJURIES MADE BY A KNIFE WITH A HOOKED BLADE TRANSVERSELY TO THE PLANE OF THE RIBS
During the forensic medical examination of corpses and living persons with stab injuries, the expert faces the problems associated with the identification of a weapon and the mechanism of injury. Since the bone tissue is the strongest and the most durable tissue in the organism, its injuries are particularly important for forensic examination and identification of the weapon used. It formed the prerequisites for the assessment of morphological characteristics of rib injuries allowing to identify the weapon by its operational defect (hooked blade).