Impressions, Hair & Fiber Evidence HW

The bottom portion of hair in which nuclear DNA can be found.

• Medulla

• Root

• Cuticle

• Cortex

The smallest unit of a textile is called a ...

• Wool

• Hair

• Cotton

• Fiber

The type of Impression Evidence usually collected from the ROAD or STREET.

• Shoe Impressions

• Tire Track Impressions

• Bite Marks

• Tool Mark Impressions

This type of evidence is created when one object is pressed against another material with force.

• Impression Evidence

• Testimonial Evidence

• DNA Evidence

• Fiber Evidence

What 3-D method of collecting Impression evidence uses a dental stone or mixture to preserve the dimensional characteristics of the print?

• Photography

• Inking

• Dusting

• Casting

The instrument used to analyze Hair & Fiber Evidence...

• Microscope

• Telescope

• Magnifying Lens

• Tape

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

• Medulla
• Cuticle
• Cortex
• Shaft

The following medulla pattern is called

• fragmented 
• continuous
• interrupted

Which structure of hair is a clear, outer covering made of tough, overlapping scales?

• medulla

• cuticle

• cortex

• pigment granules

Hair is composed mostly of the protein

• lignin
• collagen
• keratin
• cellulose