Ch. 27

Question 1

Cavitation

Answer 1

Sometimes called pathway expansion, cavitation is the cavity in the body tissues formed by a pressure wave resulting form the kinetic energy of the bullet

Question 2

Dissipation of energy

Answer 2

Is the way energy is transferred to the human body form the force acting on it

Question 3

Drag

Answer 3

The factors that slow a bullet down such as wind resistance constitute drag

Question 4

Fragmentation

Answer 4

A bullet that breaks up into small pieces or releases small pieces upon impact increases the body damage

Question 5

Glasgow coma scale

Answer 5

For determining level of responsiveness the systolic blood pressure the respiratory rate and the anatomical type of location of injury

Question 6

Kinetic energy

Answer 6

Energy contained in a moving body

Question 7

Kinetics

Answer 7

Is the branch of mechanics dealing with the movements of bodies

Question 8

Kinetics of trauma

Answer 8

Science of analyzing MOIs

Question 9

Law of inertia

Answer 9

Which is one of the laws of motion. A body at rest will remain at rest and a body in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force

Question 10

Mechanism of injury MOI

Answer 10

Refers to how a person was injured

Question 11

Profile

Answer 11

The impact point of the bullet to s its profile

Question 12

Trajectory

Answer 12

Is the path or motion of a projectile during its travel