Comparative histology (IMAGE)

University of the Witwatersrand

Comparative histology

Caption

Patterns of micro-trauma and micro-factures caused by the passage of experimentally induced current in human bone (middle) and a known case of fatal natural lightning strike in a juvenile giraffe (bottom). A control sample (undamaged) is seen in the top panel.

Credit

Patrick Randolph-Quinney | Forensic Science Research Group, Northumbria University and Tanya Augustine & Nicholas Bacci, School of Anatomical Sciences | WITS UNIVERSITY

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