WorksheetsForensic Wounding Patterns
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
This is what type of wound? (Scientific term)
(a)
Contusions are a result of...
Lacerations
Blunt force trauma
Scratches
Incisions
The severity of an injury is determined by... (select all that apply)
The amount of the impact force
Surface area that gets hit
The density of the area impacted
How fast the object makes impact
A "train track-like" contusion is a result of...
Sharp force trauma via a rod-like instrument
Sharp force trauma via a cutting instrument
Blunt force trauma via a rod-like instrument
Blunt force trauma via a flat instrument
What causes a skull fracture?
When compression forces crush long bones
When compression forces cause the brain to swell
When compression forces limit a person's head movement
When compression forces exceed the elasticity of the cranial bone
Match the following skull fracture characteristics with the injured area
Blow to top of head
Stepped depression fractures
Blow to temporal bone
Fractures that run downward
Frontal Blow
Linear fractures that extend down the forehead and into the sinuses
Vertebral Column
Ring fractures at the base of the skull
What is a Intracraneal hemotoma?
When a blood vessel is broken in the brain - causing bleeding.
When bruising occurs in the brain.
When an object lacerates the dermis of the forehead.
When a fracture radiates downwards from the temporal bone.
A suspect is alleged to have hit a victim using a 2x4" wood board. The victim is bleeding and is suffering from this type of wounding pattern:
Blunt force trauma
Dermal tag
Contusion
Laceration
A victim has a 2" wide wound that is bleeding and it has smooth edges. The weapon that was likely used is:
A baseball bat
A knife
A firearm
A hammer
The order in which multiple skull fractures occurred can be determined based on where the fractures meet.
True
False
Sometimes wounds can be so traumatic that fat will enter the blood stream and other tissues - something known as a subcutaneous embolism.
True
False
This bruise is likely how old?
0-2 days
2-5 days
5-7 days
7-10 days
A type of wounding pattern that can at times have no forensic significance is...
Abrasions
Contusions
Lacerations
Incisions
