Hair Analysis Introduction

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

• Medulla
• Cuticle
• Cortex
• Shaft

Type of cuticle:

• imbricate
• spinous
• coronal
• continuous

The hair follicle is dormant and hairs are easily lost during which stage of the hair life cycle?

• Anagen
• Telogen
• Catagen
• Metagen

The tough clear outside covering of a hair shaft is

• cuticle
• cortex
• medulla
• polymer

The middle layer of a hair shaft that contains pigment

• the cortex
• the medulla
• the cuticle
• the polymer

What type of evidence is hair without the follicular tag considered?

• Individual
• Class

Hair always contains DNA

• true
• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Human or nonhuman hair?

• human 
• nonhuman

Hair is this type of evidence

• circumstantial
• trace
• class
• all of these

What cuticle type is in the picture?

• Coronal

• Imbricate

• Spinous