for2 quiz chapter 3-6

It is where the ridge path divides and one branch comes to an end.

It is a bifurcation which does not remain open but which the legs of the bifurcation after running alongside for a short distance come together to form a single ridge once more.

It is the one end of a long island.

It is a one ridge unit, it is the shortest of all island and the building block of the friction ridges.

DRAW DOT/ISLAND

DRAW BIFURCATION

meaning: It is where the ridge path divides forming a Y shape with legs having the same length.

 it is also known as minutiae, point of identity or Galton’s detail

It is the connecting ridge between two ridges.

It has two or more ridge units with both ends easily recognized as being from the same island.

This are bifurcations found on both ends of a ridge.