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A gun barrel

The diameter of the gun barrel

The process of estimating the distance between where a shot is fired and it’s target

Uses chemicals to develop gunpowder residue patterns, particularly around bullet holes.

The low areas cut into the barrel produced by rifling

Raised areas between the grooves in a gun barrel produced by rifling

Spiral grooves cut into the barrel of a gun in order to make a bullet spin as it is fired

Numbers impressed on a good for identification purposes

When a tool comes into contact with another surface, like a door, and creates a scratch or impression.

The creation of a waxy substance, when there is hydrogenation of the fat in the body

The gradual cooling of the body after death, until it reaches the temperature of the air around

Founded the forensic anthropology facility

Another name for the forensic anthropology facility

The medical problem that leads to death, such as blunt, force, trauma, internal bleeding, blood loss, or gunshot

Post Mortem examination

Actions or behaviors that may have taken place before death ( or the absence of these behaviors )

The settling of blood in the lowest parts of the body

This may be suicide or homicide in a forensic autopsy, as opposed to disease or other natural causes

Refers to any instrument or weapon used in a death, such as a knife or firearm

A drying of the body and it tissues

afterdeath Occurs because of bacterial activity and includes bloating, gas, formation, loss of hair and nails, and skin slippage

Relaxation of the bodies muscles after death, followed by gradual process of rigidity in the muscles

The study of what happens to animals or humans between the time that they die in the time that their remains are found

Binds together DNA with a complementary DNA sequence Part of RFLP