Name: ______Pd.: _____ Date: ______

Ch 11 Blood Analysis Matching Vocabulary Quiz

Match the following blood spatter terms with the definitions below. Not all of the words will be used.

USE CAPITAL LETTERS IN THE BLANKS.

a. / angle of impact / m. / parent drop
b. / back spatter / n. / passive drop (bleeding)
c. / BSA / o. / point of convergence
d. / cast-off pattern / p. / point of origin
e. / directionality / q. / satellite spatter
f. / expirated blood / r. / spine
g. / flight path / s. / swipe pattern
h. / flow pattern / t. / target
i. / high velocity impact / u. / transfer or contact pattern
j. / impact site / v. / void
k. / low velocity impact / w. / wipe pattern
l. / medium velocity impact

____ 1. path of a blood drop as it moves through space

____ 2. the original blood droplet that casts off a wave or satellite

____ 3. common area in a three-dimensional space to which the trajectories of several blood drops can be retraced

____ 4. the acute angle formed between the direction of a blood drop and the plane of the surface it strikes

____ 5. transfer of blood from a moving source onto an unstained surface

____ 6. bloodstain formed by the force of gravity acting alone

____ 7. pattern created when blood is released or thrown from a moving blood-bearing object

____ 8. spatter that produces the largest blood droplets

____ 9. spatter that produces the smallest blood droplets

____ 10. bloodstain pattern created when an object moves through an existing stain, removing it or changing its appearance

____ 11. forensic science field that deals with the properties of blood the patterns produced under different conditions

____ 12. an absence of stains in an otherwise continuous bloodstain pattern

____ 13. blood that is blown out of the nose, mouth, or a wound as a result of air pressure

____ 14. pointed or elongated stains that radiate from the central area of a bloodstain

____ 15. the point where force meets a blood source

____ 16. surface onto which blood is deposited

____ 17. blood directed back toward the source of energy or force that caused the spatter

____ 18. common area on a two-dimensional surface over which the directionality of several blood drops can be retraced

____ 19. a change in the shape and direction of a blood stain due to the influence of gravity or movement of the object

____ 20. small droplets of blood distributed around a drop or pool of blood as a result of the blood hitting a surface