Forensic Science Blood and Blood Spatter Vocabulary

What blood stain pattern is created or formed by the force of gravity acting alone?

• Passive Drop
• Low Velocity Impact Spatter
• Flow Pattern
• Drip Pattern

What blood spatter pattern is seen in the picture?

• Flow Pattern
• Low Velocity Impact Spatter
• Pool
• Drip Pattern

What blood spatter pattern is seen in the photo?

• Flow Pattern
• Arterial Spurt
• Low Velocity Impact Spatter
• Pool

What blood spatter pattern is created when a source of blood remains stationary over a surface causing an accumulation of blood?

• Saturation
• Flow
• Pool
• Drip Pattern

What blood spatter pattern is created when a volume of blood has been absorbed by an object?

• Pool
• Saturation
• Flow Pattern
• Medium Velocity Impact Spatter

What blood spatter pattern is seen in the picture?

• Transfer/Contact
• Swipe
• Wipe
• Saturation

What blood spatter pattern is seen in the photo?

• Wipe
• Swipe
• Walking Drip
• Flow

What bloodstain pattern is created when an object moves through an existing stain, removing or altering its appearance?

• Swipe
• Walking Drip
• Wipe
• Contact

What blood spatter pattern is seen in the picture?

• Low Velocity
• Cast-Off
• Arterial Spurting
• Medium Velocity

What bloodstain pattern is created when blood is released or thrown from a blood-bearing object?

• Cast-Off
• Walking Drip
• Medium Velocity
• Void