Forensics Blood Vocab

The emission of light from a chemical reaction.

• Chemiluminescence

• Serum

• Antiserum

• Plasma

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Test that distinguishes between human and animal blood

• Leukocytes

• Serum

• Precipitin test

• Agglutinate

A liquid that separates from clotted blood

• Serum

• Serology

• ABO

• Secretors

Foreign substances in the body that are capable of causing disease.

• Chemiluminescence

• Rh factor

• Erythrocytes

• Antigens

An allergic reaction where red blood cells clump together,

• ABO

• Plasma

• Agglutinate

• Secretors

Human or animal serum containing antibodies that are specific for one or more antigens

• Erythrocytes

• Antiserum

• Leukocytes

• Rh Factors

The laboratory study of body fluids using specific antigen and serum antibody reactions

• Serology

• Plasma

• ABO

• Precipitin Test

The fluid portion of blood, obtained by centrifuging a sample of whole blood

• Agglutinate

• Leukocytes

• Plasma

• ABO

Red Blood Cells

• Secretors

• Serum

• Antigens

• Erythrocytes

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

White Blood Cells

• Chemiluminescence

• Serology

• Leukocytes

• Rh Factor