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- 5. The pointed or elongated stains which radiate away from the central area of a bloodstain.
- 6. Small droplets of blood that are distributed around a drop or pool of blood as a result of the blood impacting the target surface.
- 9. Blood which has been reduced to a fine spray, as a result of the energy or force applied to it.
- 10. Blood directed back towards the source of energy or force that caused the spatter.
- 15. That point where force encounters a source of blood.
- 16. The trajectory of a blood drop which can be established by its angle of impact and directionality angle.
- 17. An absence of strains in an otherwise continuous bloodstain pattern.
- 18. The angle between the long axis of a bloodstain and a predetermined line on the plane of the target surface which represents 0 degrees.
- 19. That blood which has been dispersed as a result of force applied to a source of blood. Patterns produced are often characteristic of the nature of the forces which created them.
- 22. A small blood drop that originates from a parent drop of blood due to the wave-like action of the liquid in conjunction with striking a surface.
- 23. A bloodstain pattern created when blood is released or thrown from a blood-bearing object in motion.
- 25. The transfer of blood from a moving source onto an unstained surface. Direction of travel may be determined by the feathered edge.
- 26. Blood that is blown out of the nose, mouth, or a wound as a result of air pressure and/or air flow which is the propelling force.
- 27. A bloodstain that consists of only its outer periphery, the central area having been removed by wiping or flaking after liquid blood has partially or completely dried.
- 31. The acute angle formed between the direction of a blood drop and the plane of the surface it strikes.
- 33. A bloodstain pattern that is produced by blood released under pressure as opposed to an impact, such as arterial spurting.
- 35. Bloodstain pattern created when blood receives a blow or force resulting in the random dispersion of smaller drips of blood.
- 36. Bloodstain drop(s) created or formed by the force of gravity acting along.
- 37. Bloodstain pattern(s) resulting from blood exiting the body under pressure from a breached artery.
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- 1. Blood which travels in the same direction as the source of energy or force which caused the spatter.
- 2. Pattern A bloodstain pattern created when an object moves through an existing stain, removing and/or altering its appearance.
- 3. The path of the blood drop, as it moves through space, from the impact site to the target.
- 4. A bloodstain pattern caused by a medium velocity impact/force to a blood source. A beating typically causes this type of spatter.
- 7. A bloodstain pattern created when a wet, bloody surface comes in contact with a second surface. A recognizable image of all or portion of the original surface may be observed in the pattern.
- 8. The directionality of a bloodstain or pattern which indicates the direction the blood was traveling when it impacted the target surface. Directionality of a blood drop's flight can usually be established from the geometric shape of its bloodstain.
- 11. Rings in blood that result when blood containing air bubbles dries and retains the bubble's circular configuration as a dried outline.
- 12. Evidence that liquid blood has come into contact with a surface.
- 13. The common point (area), on a two dimensional surface, over which the directionality of several blood drops can be retraced.
- 14. Blood in the barrel of a firearm that has been drawn backward into the muzzle.
- 20. A bloodstain pattern that is caused by a low velocity impact/force to a blood source.
- 21. A bloodstain pattern caused by a high velocity impact /force to a blood source such as that produced by gunshot or high speed machinery.
- 24. A bloodstain pattern which results from blood dripping into blood.
- 28. The common point (area) in a three dimensional space to which the trajectories of several blood drops can be retraced.
- 29. A drop of blood from which a wave, cast-off, or satellite spatter.
- 30. The deflection of blood after impact with a target surface that results in straining of a second target surface.
- 32. A change in the shape and direction of a bloodstain due to the influence of gravity or movement of the object.
- 34. A surface upon which blood has been deposited.