3991253351 | Serum | The fluid or liquid portion of the blood that does not clot. | 0 | |
3991253352 | RBC | Red Blood Cells - Transport oxygen from the lungs via the venous system and return carbon dioxide to the lungs for expiration via the venous system. | 1 | |
3991253353 | Erythrocytes | Red Blood Cells - Transport oxygen from the lungs via the venous system and return carbon dioxide to the lungs for expiration via the venous system. | 2 | |
3991253354 | WBUs or Leukocytes | White Blood Cells - assist with defence against foreign substances and infection. | 3 | |
3991253355 | Platelets | Major components of the clotting mechanism of blood. | 4 | |
3991253356 | Exsanguination | The process of blood loss, to a degree sufficient to cause death. | 5 | |
3991253357 | Surface Tension | The force that pulls the surface molecules of a liquid toward its interior, decreasing the surface area and causing the liquid to resist penetration. | 6 | |
3991253358 | Viscosity | Resistance to change of form or flow. | 7 | |
3991253359 | Special Gravity | The weight of a substance relative to the weight of an equal volume of water | 8 | |
3991253360 | Terminal Velocity | The highest velocity attainable by an object as it falls through the air. | 9 | |
3991365815 | Accompanying Drop | A small blood drop produced as a byproduct of drop formation. | 10 | |
3991375220 | Altered Bloodstain | A blood stain or pattern with characteristics that indicate a physical change has occurred. | 11 | |
3991381564 | Angle of Impact | Is the acute angle at which a blood drop spikes a target, relative to the plane of a target. | 12 | |
3991390407 | Area of Convergence | The area of intersection of two dimensions created by lines drawn through the long axis of individual, most often associated with an impact pattern. | 13 | |
3991414889 | Area of Origin | The area of three dimensions of a blood source most often associated with an impact pattern. | 14 | |
3991429505 | Back Spatter Pattern | A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood drops that travel in the opposite direction of the external force applied. Back spatter is often associated with a gunshot entrance wound. | 15 | |
3991449028 | Blood Clot | A gelatinous mass formed by a complex mechanism involving red cells, fibrinogen, platelets, and other clotting factors. | 16 | |
3991459350 | Bloodstain | A spot or stain made by blood. | 17 | |
3991464807 | Bloodstain Pattern | A characteristic grouping or distributions of bloodstains which may indicate the pattern in which the pattern was deposited. | 18 | |
3991477173 | Bubble Ring | A ring in a bloodstain that results from an air bubble. | 19 | |
3991487786 | Castoff Pattern | A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood drops released from a bloody object in motion. | 20 | |
3991498265 | Cessation Castoff Pattern | A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood drops released from a bloody object as it suddenly stops. | 21 | |
3991516345 | Directionality | The path of travel of a blood drop indicated by the stain's shape. | 22 | |
3991523712 | Directional Angle | The angle between the long axis of a bloodstain and a reference line on the target. | 23 | |
3991530320 | Drip Pattern | A bloodstain pattern of a liquid dripping into liquid, where at least one liquid is blood. | 24 | |
3991539419 | Drip Stain | A bloodstain pattern resulting from the formation and the falling of a drop of blood. | 25 | |
3991546540 | Drip Tail | A series of bloodstains resulting from blood dripping from a source that is in an horizontal motion. | 26 | |
3991711230 | Expirated Pattern | A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood being forced out of the nose, mouth, or a wound by air pressure. | 27 | |
3991726267 | Forward Spatter Pattern | A bloodstain resulting from blood drops that travel in the same direction as the external force applied. Forward spatter is often associated with an exit gunshot wound. | 28 | |
3991744313 | Flow Pattern | A bloodstain pattern resulting from the movement of a volume of blood on a surface due to gravity and/or a movement of the target. | 29 | |
3991755387 | Impact Pattern | A bloodstain pattern resulting from an object striking liquid blood. | 30 | |
3991767629 | Insect Stain | A blood stain produced as a result of insect activity. | 31 | |
3991775417 | Mist Pattern | A bloodstain pattern resulting from blood reduced to a spray of localized micro-drops, as a result of the force applied, often associated with gunshot injuries. | 32 | |
3991795595 | Parent Stain | The bloodstain from which wave castoff or satellite bloodstains originate. | 33 | |
3991805013 | Pool | An accumulation of liquid blood on a surface. | 34 | |
3991811036 | Void | The absence of blood in an otherwise continuous bloodstain pattern. | 35 | |
3991826689 | Skeletonize Stain | A bloodstain that has been altered after a period of drying, leaving observable peripheral characteristics of the original stain. | 36 | |
3991847742 | Transfer Pattern | A bloodstain pattern resulting from contact with a wet bloody surface and another surface. | 37 |
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