Forensic Vocabulary List

SENIOR ARTICLE WORDS

1. Aorta 43. Hells Angels 2. Arson 44. Henry System 3. Asphyxiation 45. Hyoid Bone 4. Autopsy 46. Impact Spatter 5. Ballistics 47. Impressions 6. Bite Marks 48. Iodine Fuming 7. Bloods/Crips 49. Latent Fingerprints 8. Bloodstain 50. Lividity 9. Blow Flies 51. Maggot 10. Caliber 52. Mongol 11. Cartridge case 53. Organs 12. Cast off Pattern 54. Pathology 13. Cause of Death 55. Photography 14. Chain of Custody 56. Plasma 15. Chromosome 57. Point of Origin 16. Chronological 58. Poison 17. Clot 59. Polygraph 18. CODIS 60. Polymerase 19. Computer Crime 61. Postmortem 20. Congenital 62. PPE – personal protective 21. Contact Wound equipment 22. Contamination 63. Presumptive Test 23. Coroner 64. Primary Crime 24. Corroborating 65. Projected Blood 25. Cortex 66. Punctures 26. Crime Scene 67. Putrification 27. Criminal History 68. Rigor Mortis 28. Criminalistics 69. Saliva 29. Cyanoacrylate 70. Satellite Spatter 30. Decomposing 71. Scallop Pattern 31. Defensive Wounds 72. Scanning Electron 32. Distant Wound 73. Secondary Crime 33. DNA 74. Serum 34. Drip Pattern 75. Splatter 35. Entomology 76. Stellate Scars 36. Evidence Markers 77. Stippling Pattern 37. Expirated Blood 78. Swipe 38. Exsanguination 79. Tool Marks 39. Fingerprints 80. Toxicology 40. Forward Spatter 81. Trace Evidence 41. Friction Ridge 82. Verdict 42. Gun Shot Residue 83. X-ray