Hair Quiz

Is this hair animal or Human?

• Animal

• Human

In which phase of hair growth is hair actively growing?

• anagen
• catagen
• telogen
• melanen

What medulla pattern is shown?

• Absent

• Continuous

• Stacked

• Ladder

• Interrupted

What medulla pattern is shown?

• Absent

• Continuous

• Stacked

• Ladder

• Interrupted

When processing hair found at a crime scene, we must determine if the origin is:

• human or animal

• human or reptile

• reptile or mammal

• human or alien

Which cuticle pattern?

• Coronal

• Imbricate

• Spinous

where in a hair can DNA be extracted ?

• medulla

• cortex

• follicle

• shaft

cortex

• the region of hair located outside of the medulla containing granules of pigments
• material that connects an indivisual or thing to a certain group
• a type of fibrous protein that makes up the majority of the cortex of a hair
• the tough outer covering of a hair composed of overlapping scales

Which scale pattern identifies human hair?

• Imbricate
• Coronal
• Spinous
• None of these

Using the pencil analogy, which structure corresponds to the paint on the surface?

• Follicle
• Cortex
• Cuticle
• Medulla

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