forensic voc 3
Terms
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copy deck
- evidence maintains original characteristics
- integrity
- continuity of possession, adhere to standards, identification, etc
- chain of custody
- settling of blood, causes skin to change color
- postmortem lividity or livor mortis
- peroid of time that a body goes through to a stste of rigidity
- rigor mortis
- the progression of rigor mortis from extrmities like fingers and face to long muscles like legs
- anatomical progression
- deals with body temperature- rectal/ liver
- algor mortis
- smell of decaying body
- putracine
- blood clot between skull and dura or dura and brain
- extra dural or subdural hematoma
- blood beteen arachnoid brain covering and brain
- subarachnoid hematoma
- free blood within the brain tissue
- intercerebral hematoma
- all known causes of death in an infant have been eliminated
- SIDS
- adult dies suddenly for unknown reasons
- SADS
- a position of the body such that breatning is impaired
- positional asphyxiation
- choking
- food bolus
- drowning in your own vomit
- vomitos amigos
- causes people to fall and drown
- drug intoxication
- ruptures in tiny capillaries, particularly shows up in whites of eyes and on eyelids
- petechial hemorrage
- fractue of this bone in the neck may indicate murder
- hyoid bone
- neck veins that if cut cause bleeding to death rapidly
- jugulars
- type of stab wound that may give details about the type of knife used
- sharp force
- stab wound that results from being struck by a flat surface
- blunt force
- gunshot wound resulting in inward expansion of bone,musclle, 8 pointed star shaped tear in skin
- balloon and blow back
- heated muzzle causes a contusion like a cattle brand
- muzzle imprint
- describes the effects of gun shot at close range-12 inches or less
- poweder burns
- type of powder burn where flame is hot enough to burn skin or clothes->6 inches
- muzzle flash
- powder burns resulting in permanent markings, 6-9 inches
- tatooing
- powder borns resulting in any pattern of tiny dots
- stippling
- gunshot wound with no tearing, tight dark circles of debries inch or less in diameter
- near contact
- long probes can be inserted in path of bullet travel
- trajectory