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.Has been called the circulating tissue of the body.
. It is referred to as highly complex mixtures of cells enzymes, proteins, and inorganic substances.
. It is the red fluid of the blood vessels. blood is opaque

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Blood

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Composition of blood

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Plasma 55%
Red blood cells (erythrocytes) 45%
White blood cells (leukocytes)
Platelets (thrombocytes)
Buffy coat 1%.

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The fluid or liquid portion of blood where the cells are suspended

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Plasma

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The yellowish fluid of blood in which numerous blood corpuscles are suspended.
. A straw-yellow liquid formed when blood to which oxalate has been added to prevent clotting is allowed to strand.

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Plasma

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A straw yellow liquid formed when clotted blood is allowed to stand for sometime and the clot contracts.

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Serum

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Problems in the study of blood

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  1. Where has to be searched for
  2. Collection, preservation, packing and transportation of specimens suspected to contain blood.
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Four test or examination of blood

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Preliminary test
Confirmatory test
Precipitate test
Blood grouping test

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Determine whether the stains contains blood or another substance. Determines whether visible stains do or do not contain blood. It is used to demonstrate the presence of blood.

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Preliminary test

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Determines whether blood stains really contains blood. Test that positively identifies blood.

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Confirmatory test

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Determines whether blood is a human or non-human origin, and if non-human, the specific animal family from which it originated.

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Precipitatin test

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Determines the blood group of human

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Blood grouping test

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Five preliminary test for blood

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Benzidine test or benzidine color test
Phenolphthalein test
Guaiacum test
Leucomalachite green test
Luminol test

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An extremely sensitive test that can be applied to minutes stain
. Commonly used preliminary test for blood
. Never fails to detect blood even when very old
Decomposed stain with all sorts of contamination is examined

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Benzidine test

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An alternative test to benzene test
. Can detect blood in a delusion of 1:80,000,000 parts
Positive results with the test is highly indicative of blood

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Phenolphthalein test

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A fairly delicate test showing the presence of fresh blood in a solution of 1:50,000 dilution
. May not react to very old stains.

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Guaiacum test

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Not as sensitive as benzadine test

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Leucomalachite green test

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Important presumptive identification test for blood
. Result in the production of light rather than color
. Is extremely sensitive test
. Capable of detecting blood stains diluted up to 10,000 times
. Is known to destroy many important blood factors necessary for the forensic characterization of blood, so it’s used should be limited only seeking out blood and visible to the naked eye.

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Luminous test

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Three confirmatory test for blood

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Microscopic test
Microchemical or mocrocrystalline test
Spectroscope test

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Useful for the demonstration and mensuration of blood corpuscles for making the distinction between mammalian avian and reptilian blood and for the investigation
. In short it differentiates mammalian avian and reptilian blood

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Microscopic test

20
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One of the two popular microchemical test
. Delicate test for the presence of hemoglobin

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Takayama test

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Almost delicate and reliable test for the determination of the presence of blood in both old and recent stains
. Is performed by means of an optical instrument known as spectroscope

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Spectroscopic examination

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Four group of blood

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Group o
Group a
Group b
Group ab

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Complex chemical unit in the chromosomes by which hereditary characters are transmitted
. Occurs in pair

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Genes

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Term used to denote the expression of the inherited characteristic as found in the individual

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Phenotypes

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Are paired genes

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Genotypes

26
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Enzyme that accelerates the oxidation several classes of organic compounds by peroxide

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Peroxidase

27
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The red coloring matter of the red blood cells of the blood

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Hemoglobin

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