17: Blood Objectives Overview: Blood Composition and Functions 1. Describe the composition and physical characteristics of whole blood. Explain why it is classified as a connective tissue. 2. List eight functions of blood. Blood Plasma 3. Discuss the composition and functions of plasma. Formed Elements 4. Describe the structure‚ function‚ and production of erythrocytes. 5. Describe the chemical makeup of hemoglobin. 6. Give examples of disorders caused by abnormalities
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Blood is the best known as significant evidence in modern criminal justice. Blood evidence is important to an investigator because it can link a victim to a suspect (Locards Exchange Principle). Bloodstain patterns can reveal a great deal about the position and movement during the crime. Blood has managed to destroy self-defense arguments from the suspects. The fluid portion of the blood consists of plasma and serum while the non-fluid portion consists of red blood cells. Blood is composed of water
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Forensics Notes: Introduction: * Bloodstain pattern interpretation should be viewed as a forensic tool that assists in investigator of the forensic scientist to better understand what took place in what could not have taken place during a bloodshed event. * The information obtained from the interpretation of bloodstain patterns may assist in apprehending a suspect‚ corroborate a witnesses statement‚ assist and interrogating suspects‚ allow for the reconstruction of past events‚ and most
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Nick Work October 20‚ 3013 CSI: Intro to Biology Blood Sampling Objective Our Objective is to identify which blood type each sample is. We test Anti-A and Anti – B‚ and also test to determine if it is Rh positive or negative. Hypothesis We are testing unknown blood sample testing for what type of blood. When A is shown in the blood sample agglutination will accrue causing it to look grainy. Materials At least 4 dropper vial 3 blood samples Synthetic Anti – A Synthetic Anti –B Synthetic
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Blood for Sale Case Study Blood for Sale Ethics Phil-245 I found the article called Blood for Sale very intriguing. Many questions arose from this on my mind. The most obvious is‚ how ethical is it to sell blood to people who need it? The other issue that bothered me is‚ how ethical is it to underpay and overcharge for that blood? My initial reaction to this was complete disbelief. I found it hard to understand how anyone could do some of the things mentioned until I reread the article
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The understanding of blood spatter patterns is not a widely recognized forensic practice. Bloodstain pattern interpretation (BPI) is commonly used in murder investigations‚ but could be utilized in everything from simple assault to mass murders if the number of trained professionals increased. BPI can reveal critical information into reinventing a given crime scene. Everything from the number of blows‚ stabs or shots a victim was given‚ the movement that was undergone by the victim and assailant
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Blood Disorders Carl Jones HCA/240 November 20‚ 2011 Lily‚ a 4-year-old Caucasian female‚ has she been complaining of being tired all the time. She is pale and is a picky eater. Her mother is a single mom with a small budget to feed a large family. Lily eats only pasta‚ breads‚ and hot dogs‚ and she drinks only artificial fruit punch. Lily has iron deficiency anemia. In this first scenario I think that Lily has Pernicious Anemia or else identified as Vitamin B12 anemia. Several
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keeping close to the buildings. Daniel and Joseph Avery were dangerous; catch their eye‚ come into their orbit‚ and you would become their victim. They stalked the streets like warlords‚ their dogs always by their side‚ their gang of sycophants never far away. The rest of the gang had split up and were begging for money or cigarettes. Alone‚ they were invisible or abused; together‚ with the dogs as their messengers and the Brothers as their
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Criminalistics I - 7m Instructor: Travis Allen Blood patterns 1. Explain the terms area of convergence and area of origin and explain what each term reveals to an investigator. Area of convergence is a two dimensional plane where lines traced though the long axis of‚ several individual bloodstains meet. Two dimensional places from which the bloodstains were projected. (saferstein) Area of origin location in three dimensional spaces that blood that produced a bloodstain originated from. Location
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The blood fetish The blood fetish is a short story‚ which is written by Morley Roberts in 1908. The gothic genre was quite popular around the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century‚ and they were known for including horrific and supernatural elements. Gothic novels often takes place in creepy environments‚ as old castles‚ dark forests and abandoned houses. It is clear to see how The blood fetish fits into this genre‚ as it deals with superstition‚ living severed hands‚ mystery and gloomy
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