Ballistic review pt2

Anthony Semedo 10/29
advanced Forensics

Ballistic Review Questions (pt.2)



11.The greater the speed the greater the energy in a projectile.
12.Many factors could affect the damage done to a body from a bullet,one of these factors being bullet fragmentation.When fragments of the bullet get stuck in your body,which can cause more issue and damage to your body.
13.Cavitation:the radial dispersion of energy created by a projectile.
14.The differences of Permanent and Temporary cavitation are pretty simple.Permanent cavitation being tissue crush and excavation and Temporary cavitation being the blast effect due to tissue stretch.
15.Fragmented bullets cause lots of damage to the tissue in skin, causing damage as soon as coming in contact with the tissue to solid and dense organs.
16.uhhh this is a google doc
17.Bullets to the abdomen have 10% mortality rate.
18.Bullets to the abdomen are highly susceptible to injury and hemorrhage.
19.Bullets to the head and neck are both very lethal but there are different impacts.A neck shot damaging trachea and blood vessels causing neurological problems.A head shot causing cavitational energy to be trapped in the skull which can cause very serious lethal bleeding.
20.The thorax is a very lethal part of the body to get shot in, any large wound compressing breathing.Causing extensive damage to the heart and great vessels in the body due to lack of fluid compression.