Hair Analysis Set 2

Hair medulla pattern?

• lattice
• vacuolated
• uniserial
• multiserial

Human or nonhuman hair?

• human 
• nonhuman

Hair microscopy alone can be used to identify an individual whose hair matches the crime scene.

• True
• False

The medullary index of a hair is 0.29.  Human or non-human?

• human
• non-human
• cannot be determined

Name the medulla structure:

• vacuolated
• uniserial
• multiserial
• lattice

Diameter of the medulla is 0.2 and diameter of the hair is 0.4.  What is the medullary index?

• 2.5
• 0.5
• 0.1
• cannot be determined

A suspect sat on a couch and picked up dog hair from a friend's house.  He then attacked his victim and one of the dog hair fibers was  transferred during the attack.  What type of transfer is on the victim?

• primary
• secondary
• tertiary

When Tom Lange placed a hospital blanket over Nicole Simpson's body to hide it from the media, one of the blanket fibers was transferred to her body.  What type of transfer is this?

• primary
• secondary
• tertiary

The presence of methamphetamine was found 3 cm from the follicle on the hair shaft.  Approximately how long ago was the person exposed to that drug?

• 3 months
• 1.5 months
• 3 years
• 3 weeks

Which medulla structure and identify if human or nonhuman:

• lattice, nonhuman
• multiserial, nonhuman
• lattice, human
• lattice, nonhuman