Forensic Science: Blood Spatter vocabulary from iCEV

Any patterns made by blood

• Bloodstains

• Dispersement

• Blood Tails or Spines

to scatter in different directions

• Blood Tails or Spines

• Trail Patterns

• Disperse

examination of bloodstains in order to provide an interpretation of the physical

events which occurred

• Active Bloodstains

• Blood Pattern Analysis

• Inspection

pointed or elongated stains which radiate away from the central area of a bloodstain

• Drip

• Transfer

• Blood Tails or Spines

bloodstain drops created of formed solely under the control of gravity

• Passive Bloodstains

• Flow Patterns

• Trail Patterns

bloodstain patterns formed by the movement of small or large amounts of

blood by the pull of gravity

• Pool Patterns

• Flow Patterns

• Drip Patterns

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

bloodstain patterns formed by the dripping of blood off a moving surface or

person in a recognizable pathway

• Flow Patterns

• Pool Patterns

• Trail Patterns

bloodstain patterns created when blood is collected on a level and undisturbed

surface

• Transfer Bloodstains

• Satellite Spatter

• Pool Patterns

process by which the edges of a stain will dry to the surface in a specific period

of time

• Skeletonization

• Disperse

• Drawback Effect

bloodstains resulting from a droplet of blood falling into an existing bloodstain

• Drip Patterns

• Pool Patterns

• Wipe Patterns