Ch. 3 Hair Analysis

In the murder of Alma Tirtsche in 1921, where was the hair found that lead to the murder conviction of bar owner Colin Ross?

• In Ross's car and at the bar

• On a blanket found in Ross's home

• underneath Alma's fingernails

• In the alley behind the bar

Eva Shoen was a murder victim in Telluride, CO. Who was found responsible for her death and what evidence was used by police when they confronted him?

• Scott Peterson; evidence was hair found on pliers in boat

• Alma Tirtsche; hair evidence found on a blanket

• Frank Marquis; hair evidence found in a shirt that was bundled and thrown out a car

• Napolean; drug hair analysis revealed that he had poisoned Eva with arsenic

Why do some people believe that Napoleon was murdered and did not die from stomach cancer?

What person's death did Dr. William Walsh, a chemical researcher, investigate?

• Napoleon

• Henry VIII

• Mozart

• Beethoven

Which part of the hair can be analyzed for nuclear DNA?

• Root with follicular tag

• shaft

• tip

• medulla

Animal hair can be distinguished from human hair because animal hair generally has a patterned medulla, while in humans, the medulla may be absent

• True

• False

This hair structure has patterns such as coronal, imbricate and spinous.

• medulla

• cortex

• follicular tag

• cuticle

This hair structure has patterns such as fragmented, interrupted, solid (continuous) or absent

• medulla

• cortex

• cuticle

• follicular tag

What phase of hair growth is hair in when it is shed and naturally falls out of the skin?

• anagen

• catagen

• telogen

• telophase

What is the correct order of hair growth?