| Hair Evidence Vocabulary A | Hair Evidence Vocabulary B | Hair Evidence Facts | Hair Evidence Facts | Distal Hair Tips | 
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					  What is a Comparison Microscope?					 
					
					 Microscope that views side by side images of hair samples 
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					  What is a Fluorescence Microscope?					 
					
					 Microscope that uses light to indicate the presence of dyes 
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					  Keratin					 
					
					 This protein makes up the hair shaft 
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					  What is Class Evidence?					 
					
					 Hair without a root is called this type of evidence. 
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					  What are Scissors (Freshly cut)?					 
					
					 Tip that is partially compressed 
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					  What is the Cortex?					 
					
					 The layer of hair that contains pigment granules 
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					  What is the Follicular Tag?					 
					
					 The part of the hair which can be analyzed for DNA 
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					  Follicle/root AND hair shaft					 
					
					 Two main parts of the hair... 
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					  Index					 
					
					 The width of the medulla and the width of the hair is used to calculate the medullary _________ of the hair. 
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					  What are Clippers?					 
					
					 Tip that reveals broken and partially cut shafts. 
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					  What is the Cuticle?					 
					
					 Transparent outer layer of the hair 
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					  What is the Medulla?					 
					
					 The central core of the hair 
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					  What is the Cortex?					 
					
					 If I use a pencil, this is the wood portion 
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					  What is a Fragmented/Segmented Medulla?					 
					
					 The following pattern is a specific type of medulla pattern. 
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					  What is Uncut?					 
					
					 Tip that is tapered, round, split or frayed. 
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					  What is an Electron Microscope?					 
					
					 Microscope that provides incredible tiny details of the surface or interior of a hair sample 
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					  What are 3 Years?					 
					
					 The amount of time a full head of hair gets replaced... 
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					  What is a Secondary Transfer?					 
					
					 When dog hair is transferred from your shirt to your school chair, this is one type of transfer. 
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					  Head hair, underarm hair,, chest hair, beard & mustache hair, eye brows & eyelashes					 
					
					 One type of hair found on your upper half of the body. 
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					  What is a Razor?					 
					
					 Tip has a long tail on one side of the cut. 
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					  What is a Follicle?					 
					
					 Club-shaped structure in the skin from which hair is produced 
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					  True					 
					
					 Is the following true about which has the most hair? 
					Blondes > Brunettes > Red Heads  | 
				
				
						
					 
					  50; 25					 
					
					 _______ control hair from head and _____ control hairs from the pubic region should be collected from a suspect to compare to hairs found in at a crime scene. 
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					  Pubic Hair, leg hair					 
					
					 One type of hair found on your upper half of the body. 
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					  Cuticle, Cortex, Medulla					 
					
					 Three parts of the hair shaft. (Whichever group gets this first gets the points ONLY) 
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