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FORENSIC SCIENCE
Serology Unit
Day 1:
After class: Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement. Complete
sentences are not needed.
1. Karl Landsteiner discovered that blood can be classified by its_________.
2. No two individuals, except for identical twins, can be expected to have the same
combination of blood factors. (true or false)
3. __________ is the fluid portion of unclotted blood.
4. The liquid that separates from the blood when a clot is formed is called the ______.
5. ______________ transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues and carry
carbon dioxide back to the lungs.
6. On the surface of the red blood cells are chemical substances called ________. It is
these substances that impart blood-type characteristics to the cells.
7. Type A individuals have ________ antigens located on the surface of their red blood
cells.
8. Type O persons have ___________ A and B antigens on their cells.
9. It is the presence or absence of the ____________ and _____________ antigens on
the red blood cells that determines a person’s blood type in the A-B-O system.
10. The D antigen is also known as the ____________.
Day 2:
After class: Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement. Complete
sentences are not needed.
1. Serum contains proteins known as ___________, which destroy or inactivate
antigens.
2. An antibody will react with any antigen. (true or false)
3. Agglutination describes the clumping together of red blood cells by the action of an
antibody. (true or false)
4. Type B blood contains ___________ antigens and ____________ antibodies.
5. Type AB blood has _______________ antibodies.
6. A drug protein complex can be injected into an animal to cause the formation of
specific ___________ for that drug.
7. The term ___________ describes the study of antigen-antibody reactions.
8. Type AB blood will be agglutinated by both anti-A serum and anti-B serum. (true
or false)
9. Type B red blood cells will agglutinate when added to type _______ blood.
10. Type A cells will agglutinate when added to type ________ blood.
11. An immunological assay technique currently being used to detect the presence of
minute quantities of drugs in blood and urine is __________.
12. Type _______ blood is most common in the US.
13. Type _______ blood is least common in the US.
Day 3:
After class: Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement. Complete
sentences are not needed.
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FORENSIC SCIENCE
Serology Unit
For many years, the most commonly used color test for identifying blood was the
__________ color test.
Now, the ______________ test is more common.
________ reagent reacts with blood, causing it to luminesce.
Blood can be characterized as being of human origin by the ________ test.
_________ are proteins that have important functions in regulating many of the
body’s chemical reactions.
Enzymes that exist in different forms in a population are _____________.
Day 4:
After class: Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement. Complete
sentences are not needed.
1. The shape of bloodstains may provide useful information regarding the direction,
dropping distance, and angle of impact of spattered blood. (true or false)
2. The basic unit of heredity is the __________.
3. Genes are positioned on threadlike bodies called ____________.
4. All cells in the human body, except the reproductive cells, have __________ pairs of
chromosomes.
5. The sex of an offspring is always determined by the _______________ (father or
mother).
Day 5:
After class: Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement. Complete
sentences are not needed.
1. Genes that influence a given characteristic and are aligned with one another on a
chromosome pair are known as _____________.
2. When a pari of allelic genes is identical, the genes are said to be ____________.
3. A ___________ is an observable characteristic of an individual.
4. The combination of genes present in the cells of an individual is called the
__________.
5. A gene _________ appear in a child when it is present in one of the parents.
6. A type B person may have the genotypes __________ or __________.
7. A type AB mother and a type AB father will have offspring of what possible
phenotypes? Show your Punnet square.
Day 6:
After class: Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement. Complete
sentences are not needed.
1. The __________ color test is used to locate and characterize seminal stains.
2. Semen is unequivocally identified by the microscopic appearance of ________.
3. Males having a low sperm count suffer from a condition known as ________.
4. The protein _______ is unique to seminal plasma.
5. Seminal constituents may remain in the vagina for up to six days after intercourse
(true or false)