Forensic Science Hair Evidence

Front

When evidence can only be associated with a group and never with a single source, that evidence is said to possess:

Back

Class characteristics

Front

The most important structure for the individualization of hair (identity).

Back

Follicle

Front

Using the pencil analogy, which structure corresponds to the paint on the surface? Options: Follicle, Cortex, Cuticle, Medulla

Back

Cuticle

Front

Using the pencil analogy, which structure corresponds to the wood? Options: Follicle, Cortex, Cuticle, Medulla

Back

Cortex

Front

Using the pencil analogy, which structure corresponds to the lead? Options: Follicle, Cortex, Cuticle, Medulla

Back

Medulla

Front

The central core of the hair is called the...?

Back

Medulla

Front

Hair analysis may be used to determine all of the following except: manner in which the hair was removed, body region from which the hair came from, broad racial background of the individual from which the hair came from, identity of the individual from which the hair came from (without the follicle)

Back

identity of the individual from which the hair came from (without the follicle)

Front

We know hair is from a human if… medulla is 1/2 the diameter of the hair.    , medulla is less than 1/3 the diameter of the hair, The cuticle is coronal, The medulla is fragmented

Back

medulla is less than 1/3 the diameter of the hair

Front

Hair is helpful in solving old crimes because…

Back

hair does not easily decompose

Front

The hair shaft is composed of what important protein?

Back

Keratin