Ch. 3 Hair Analysis Voc. Quiz

A compound microscope that allows the side-by-side comparison of samples, such as hair or fibers

• medulla

• hair follicle

• mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

• comparison microscope

The region of a hair located outside the medulla that contains granules of pigment

• nuclear DNA

• cortex

• hair shaft

• cuticle

The tough outer covering of a hair that is composed of overlapping scales

• cuticle

• medulla

• cortex

• hair follicle

A method of separating chemicals to establish their quantities

• gas chromatography

• comparison microscope

• mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

• nuclear DNA

The actively growing base of a hair that contains DNA and living cells

• hair shaft

• medulla

• hair follicle

• cortex

A part of the hair above the follicle; contains mitochondrial DNA

• cuticle

• hair shaft

• hair follicle

• medulla

A type of fibrous protein that makes up the majority of the cortex of a hair

• medulla

• mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

• hair follicle

• keratin

The central core of a hair

• cortex

• medulla

• cuticle

• keratin

The bits of pigment found in the cortex of a hair

• melanin granules

• mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

• nuclear DNA

• keratin

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The genetic material in the mitochondria of the cytoplasm of a cell; only inherited from the mother

• mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

• keratin

• cortex

• nuclear DNA