Terminology Flashcards
Accompanying Drop
A small blood drop produced as a by-product of drop formation
Altered Stain
A bloodstain with characteristics that indicate a physical change has occurred
Angle of impact
The acute angle (alpha), relative to the plane of a target, at which a blood drop strikes the target
Area of Convergence
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
Area of Orgin
The three dimensional location from which seater originated
Blood spatter pattern
A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood drops that traveled in the opposite direction of the external force applied; associated with an entrance wound created by a projectile
Blood clot
A gelatinous mass formed by a complex mechanism involving red blood cells, fibrinogen, platelets, and other clotting factors
Bloodstain
A deposit of blood on a surface
Bloodstain pattern
A grouping or distribution of bloodstains that indicates through regular or repetitive form, order, or arrangement the manner in which the pattern is deposited
Bubble ring
An outline within a bloodstain resulting from air in the blood
Cast-off Pattern
A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood drops released from an object due to its motion
Cessation Cast-off Pattern
A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood drops released from an object due to its rapid deceleration
Directionality
The characteristic of a bloodstain that indicates the direction blood was moving at the time of deposition
Directional Angle
The angle (gamma) between the long axis of spatter stain target and a defined reference line on the target
Drip Pattern
A bloodstain pattern resulting from a liquid that dropped into another liquid, at least one of which was blood