Mechanical injury: practice question

A Forensic Medicine question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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Forensic Medicine · Mechanical injury

Sample item

What feature favors an incised wound over a laceration?

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The answer and the reasoning

D. Clean regular margins

This Mechanical injury item is resolved by the defining principle: Clean regular margins best matches the stated finding or public-health measure.

Option by option

  • A. Tissue bridges

    Tissue bridges is not the best fit because it does not establish the requested mechanical injury conclusion.

  • B. Crushed hair bulbs

    Crushed hair bulbs does not explain the finding or provide the indicated intervention.

  • C. Abraded irregular margins

    Abraded irregular margins may be relevant elsewhere, but it conflicts with the central fact given here.

  • D. Clean regular margins (correct)

    Correct. Clean regular margins directly addresses the key clue in this scenario.

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What is the answer to this Forensic Medicine question?

The best answer is D, Clean regular margins. This Mechanical injury item is resolved by the defining principle: Clean regular margins best matches the stated finding or public-health measure.

Why is "Tissue bridges" not the answer?

Tissue bridges is not the best fit because it does not establish the requested mechanical injury conclusion.

Why is "Crushed hair bulbs" not the answer?

Crushed hair bulbs does not explain the finding or provide the indicated intervention.

Why is "Abraded irregular margins" not the answer?

Abraded irregular margins may be relevant elsewhere, but it conflicts with the central fact given here.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Mechanical injury in Forensic Medicine. The correct option holds because: Correct. Clean regular margins directly addresses the key clue in this scenario.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Mechanical injury?

Learn postmortem changes with their timelines, and toxicology as poison, sign, test and antidote. Then use the flashcards and the other Forensic Medicine questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.