DESTRUCTIVE

OPERATIONS

CRANIOTOMY
PERFORATION

OF THE CRANIUM
OR FETAL HEAD IS CALLED
CRANIOTOMY
IF THE FETAL HEAD IS CRUSHED
IT IS CALLED CRANIOCLASM
CRUSHING OF THE WHOLE FETAL
HEAD INCLUDING THE BASE OF
THE SKULL IS CALLED
CEPHALOTRIPSY

CRANIOCLAST

CRANIOTABES
Softening

of cranial bones leads

ping-pong ball consistency of the
cranial bones.
Detected by applying pressure
at the occiput or parietal bones.

DECAPITATION HOOK

BLONDER-HEIDLER SAW

BLUNT ENDED SCISSORS

CEPHALOTRIBE

EMBRYOTOMY SCISSORS

VULSELLUM

WILLETS FORCEPS

CLEIDOTOMY SCISSORS