Human Anatomy
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781260399820
Author: SALADIN, Kenneth
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 23.5, Problem 1AWYK
In a certain criminal investigation, the pathologist performing an autopsy on an infant removes the lungs, places them in a pail of water, and concludes that the infant was live-born. What do you think the pathologist saw that led to this conclusion? What contrasting observation would suggest that an infant had been stillborn?
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