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Terminology Flashcards

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Accompanying Drop

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A small blood drop made as a by-product of drop formation

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Altered Stain

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A Bloodstain with characteristics that indicate a physical change has occurred

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Angle of Impact

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Acute angle(alpha), relative to the plane of a target, at which a blood drop strikes the target

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Area of Convergence

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The area containing the intersections generated by lines drawn through the long axes of individual stains that indicates in two dimensions the location of the blood source

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Area of Origin

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3 dimensional location from which spatter originated

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Backspatter Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood drops that traveled in the opposite direction of the external force applied; associated with an entrance would created by a projectile

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Blood clot

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A gelatinous mass formed by a complex mechanism involving red blood cells, fibrinogen, platelets, and other clotting factors

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Bloodstain

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A deposit of blood on a surface

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Bloodstain Pattern

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A grouping or distribution of bloodstains that indicates through regular or repetitive form, order, or arrangement the manner in which the pattern was deposited

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Bubble ring

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An outline within a bloodstain resulting from air in the blood

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Cast-off Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood drops released from an object due to its motion

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Cessation Cast-off Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood drops released from an object due to its rapid deceleration

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Directionality

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Characteristics of a bloodstain that indicates the direction blood was moving at the time of depostion

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Directional Angle

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The angle(gamma) between the long axis of a spatter stain and a defined reference line on the target

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Drip Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from a liquid that dripped into another liquid, at least one of which was blood

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Drip Stain

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A bloodstain resulting from a falling drop that formed due to gravity

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Drip Trail

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from the movement of a source of drip stains between points

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Edge Characteristic

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A physical feature of the periphery(edge) of a bloodstain

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Expiration Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood forced by airflow out of the nose, mouth, or a wound

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Flow Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from the movement of a volume of blood on a surface due to gravity or movement of the target

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Forward Spatter Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood drops that traveled in the same direct as the impact force

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Impact Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from an object striking liquid blood

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Insect Stain

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A bloodstain resulting from insect activity

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Mist Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood reduced to a spray of micro-drops as a result of the force applied

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Parent Stain

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A bloodstain from which a satellite stain originated

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Perimeter Stain

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An altered stain that consists of the peripheral characteristics of the original stain

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Pool

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A bloodstain resulting from an accumulation of liquid blood on a surface

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Projected Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from the ejection of a volume of blood under pressure

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Satellite Stain

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A smaller bloodstain that originated during the formation of the parent stain as a result of blood impacting a surface

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Saturation Stain

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A bloodstain resulting from the accumulation of liquid blood in an absorbent material

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Serum Stain

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The stain resulting from the liquid portion of blood(serum) that separates during coagulation

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Spatter Stain

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A bloodstain resulting from a blood drop dispersed through the air due to an external force applied to a source of liquid blood

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Splash Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from a volume of liquid blood that falls or spills onto a surface

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Swipe Pattern

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from the transfer of blood from a blood-bearing surface onto another surface, with characteristics that indicate relative motion between two surfaces

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Target

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A surface onto which blood has been deposited

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Transfer Stain

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A bloodstain resulting from contact between a blood-bearing surface and another surface

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Void

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An absence of blood in an otherwise continuous bloodstain or bloodstain pattern

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Wipe Pattern

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An altered bloodstain pattern resulting from an object moving through a pre existing wet bloodstain

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