If the laboratory is considered to be the place where scientific research work is done, then the necrocomium or the Forensic Medical Services may well be considered as the laboratories used by doctors to conduct detailed study of corpses, determine identity and cause of death.
- Determination of cause of death
- Pathology
- The injury exam
Forensic odontology: the use of the laboratory in forensic odontology is carried out when it is necessary to obtain or make molds to determine the dental characteristics of an individual.
Forensic pathology: it analyses the clues that lead to the cause of death present in the body as a medical phenomenon.