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A '''coup-contrecoup pattern''' is a [[medicine|medical]] term referring to the pattern of injury at the site of an impact to the head (''coup''), relative to the injury on the opposing side of the [[brain]] (''contrecoup''). In forensics, it can be used to determine whether the head or the impact object was moving at the time of the injury.
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A '''coup-contrecoup pattern''' was a [[medicine|medical]] term referring to the pattern of injury at the site of an impact to the head (''coup''), relative to the injury on the opposing side of the [[brain]] (''contrecoup''). In forensics, it could be used to determine whether the head or the impact object was moving at the time of the injury.
   
 
In [[2372]], [[The Doctor]] surmised from the coup-contrecoup pattern of [[Frank Darwin]]'s contusion that he had been [[murder]]ed by a blow to the back of the [[skull]]. ({{VOY|Meld}})
 
In [[2372]], [[The Doctor]] surmised from the coup-contrecoup pattern of [[Frank Darwin]]'s contusion that he had been [[murder]]ed by a blow to the back of the [[skull]]. ({{VOY|Meld}})
   
 
==External link==
 
==External link==
*{{wikipedia|Coup contrecoup injury}}
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* {{wikipedia|Coup contrecoup injury}}
   
 
[[Category:Medical scans]]
 
[[Category:Medical scans]]

Revision as of 07:22, 24 January 2013

A coup-contrecoup pattern was a medical term referring to the pattern of injury at the site of an impact to the head (coup), relative to the injury on the opposing side of the brain (contrecoup). In forensics, it could be used to determine whether the head or the impact object was moving at the time of the injury.

In 2372, The Doctor surmised from the coup-contrecoup pattern of Frank Darwin's contusion that he had been murdered by a blow to the back of the skull. (VOY: "Meld")

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