the doxology of morphology
This part of the hair can be continuous, fragmented or missing all together.
What is the medulla?
These are the three parts of the hair shaft.
What is the medulla, the cortex and the cuticle?
Before the morphology of the hair is determined in the lab, it would be considered this type of evidence.
What is trace evidence?
If a fiber comes from part of a plant or animal, it is called this.
This is the most common type of natural fiber
What is cotton?
A fiber from a crime scene carpet was found in the suspects house. This is and example of ______________________________.
What is secondary transfer?
What is the outside of the hair?
Animal hair almost always has ______________ pigment and a ____________ medulla than human hair
What is more and wider/bigger?
If a hair is determined to be from a dog, it becomes this type of evidence.
What is class evidence?
Asbestos, mined in Libby for a disturbingly long time, splinters into needle like particles. These particles are a great example of this.
What is a mineral fiber?
Most polar fleeces are made out of this super common synthetic fiber.
What is polyester?
Most synthetic fibers are made from this material.
What is petroleum byproducts?
If I am the structure from which hair grows, people call me this
What is the hair follicle?
If your medulla was 1 um and the overall hair diameter was 2 um, this would be your medullary index.
What is .5?
Fibers and hair are important evidence because they can provide this between the suspect and the crime scene.
What is a link?
Polyester and Rayon are great examples of this category of fiber
What is synthetic fibers?
This synthetic fiber is often used as fake wool but will "pill" easily.
What is acrylic?
A textile has both vertical and horizontal threads called the _______________ and the ____________ respectively.
What is the warp and the weft.
If you were a pigment granule you would be found in this part of the hair
What is the cortex?
What can be stored in the hair shaft for hundreds of years that can help determine the cause of death?
What are toxins/poisons?
The follicular tag can turn a hair into _______________ evidence because it contains _______________.
What is individual and nuclear DNA?
If plant fibers are manipulated in the factory to make a new type of fiber, it would be called this general term
What is a regenerated fiber?
Those that were pantyhose have probably worn this synthetic fiber.
What is nylon?
These are the three sources for natural fibers.
What are plants, animals, and minerals?
Hair is primarily made up of this tough stuff.
What is keratin?
If you have 2 pmu 's and you are on the 10x lens, this would be the diameter of the hair in micrometers.
What is 20 um?
The green carpet fibers found in Wayne Williams home had this unique shape.
What is 3 lobed?
If a fiber is made of a loose arrangement of polymers, then we would say its structure is _________________
What is amorphous?
This luxurious natural fiber has been used by people for over 4000 years.
What is silk?
If fibers are too short to be used in there natural state, they are woven together to make this.
What is yarn?