Gunshot wounds

Question 1

entrance wound is large, circular or oval, with distinct abrasion collar, prominent tattooing, blackening of bullet tract

Answer 1

Loose contact or near fire

Question 2

inverted edges of the entrance wound, there is area of burning, smudging is present, tattooing is present, abrasion ring is present

Answer 2

short range fire (1-<15)cm distance)

Question 3

wound entrance has inverted edges with abrasion collar present, burning effects is absent, lesser density of tattooing, contact ring is present

Answer 3

medium range fire (15 to <60cm)

Question 4

circular or oval wound, no burning, no smudging, no tattooing, contact ring is present

Answer 4

fired more than 60cm

Question 5

The entrance wound becomes cellular when the angle at which the bullet is fired is _____

Answer 5

90 degrees/ right angle.

at another angle, the entrance wound is oval

Question 6

___ exit wound is produced when the outstretched skin is impaled, sandwiched and crushed between the outgoing bullet and the unyielding object is over the exit sute

Answer 6

shoured gunshot

Question 7

What are the contents of a black powder

Answer 7

charcoal, sulfur and nitrates of sodium or potassium

Question 8

(Type of shotgun shell) ____ the shot ranges from 0.24 to 0.33 inch in diameter and obviously fewer in number in a shot.

Answer 8

Buckshot (standard 12-guage shotgun)