SEROLOGY REVIEW
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What are the three types of blood cells? (Know the common and scientific names)
What is the liquid portion of blood?
Which cell does not have a nucleus? Why?
Which large molecule is carried by the red blood cell? What is the purpose of this
molecule?
5. What is the most common blood type in the United States? What are the percentages for
all four blood types?
6. Be able to apply genetics to paternity and crime scene blood evidence. Could a type AB
mother and a type O father have a B child? What could be the possible genotypes the
children?
7. Difference between phenotype and genotype for blood groups.
8. How many antigens are responsible for the A B O blood type?
9. What is the Rh factor? Is an antigen responsible for this result?
10. B type blood contains _____ antigens and anti ___ antibodies.
11. If blood agglutinates with anti-A, anti-B serum and anti-Rh serum it is ______ blood.
12. Where in the blood are the antigens found? Antibodies?
13. Which blood type is the universal donor?
14. Why is the term universal donor not always true?
15. Which blood type is the universal recipient?
16. Microscopically, how are mammal and non-mammal blood different?
17. Name a presumptive test used at a crime scene to test a stain for the presence of blood.
18. Serology is the study of ______________.
19. Blood falls freely in a ______ shape.
20. Name the factors that determine the pattern left by blood as it hits an object.
21. What is indicated by a void pattern?
22. How does surface texture affect blood pattern/stain?
23. What is meant by high velocity, medium velocity and low velocity blood spatter? What
weapons/objects would create each type?
24. Be able to calculate the angle of impact and direction of travel of a blood spatter.
25. What is cast off blood spatter? How might it occur?
26. What questions must be answered about a red stain that is found at a crime scene?
27. How does the Kastle-Meyer test work?
28. Who discovered the different blood groups?
29. What is agglutination?
30. What is cast off blood?
31. At what degree will a blood stain produce a tail?
32. Is blood class or individual evidence? Why?
SEROLOGY REVIEW
Label the blood cells above the both the scientific name and common name. Describe the
function for each.
Complete the chart below.
Choose three of the blood drops above and calculate the angle of impact.