Hair Evidence Vocabulary A Hair Evidence Vocabulary B Hair Evidence Facts Hair Evidence Facts Distal Hair Tips
100
What is a Comparison Microscope?
Microscope that views side by side images of hair samples
100
What is a Fluorescence Microscope?
Microscope that uses light to indicate the presence of dyes
100
Keratin
This protein makes up the hair shaft
100
What is Class Evidence?
Hair without a root is called this type of evidence.
100
What are Scissors (Freshly cut)?
Tip that is partially compressed
200
What is the Cortex?
The layer of hair that contains pigment granules
200
What is the Follicular Tag?
The part of the hair which can be analyzed for DNA
200
Follicle/root AND hair shaft
Two main parts of the hair...
200
Index
The width of the medulla and the width of the hair is used to calculate the medullary _________ of the hair.
200
What are Clippers?
Tip that reveals broken and partially cut shafts.
300
What is the Cuticle?
Transparent outer layer of the hair
300
What is the Medulla?
The central core of the hair
300
What is the Cortex?
If I use a pencil, this is the wood portion
300
What is a Fragmented/Segmented Medulla?
The following pattern is a specific type of medulla pattern.
300
What is Uncut?
Tip that is tapered, round, split or frayed.
400
What is an Electron Microscope?
Microscope that provides incredible tiny details of the surface or interior of a hair sample
400
What are 3 Years?
The amount of time a full head of hair gets replaced...
400
What is a Secondary Transfer?
When dog hair is transferred from your shirt to your school chair, this is one type of transfer.
400
Head hair, underarm hair,, chest hair, beard & mustache hair, eye brows & eyelashes
One type of hair found on your upper half of the body.
400
What is a Razor?
Tip has a long tail on one side of the cut.
500
What is a Follicle?
Club-shaped structure in the skin from which hair is produced
500
True
Is the following true about which has the most hair?

Blondes > Brunettes > Red Heads
500
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.
500
Pubic Hair, leg hair
One type of hair found on your upper half of the body.
500
Cuticle, Cortex, Medulla
Three parts of the hair shaft. (Whichever group gets this first gets the points ONLY)






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