What's Up With Your Hair?
When analyzing a hair strand under a microscope, this is sometimes visible down the center.
What is the “medulla?”
This component of blood is responsible for transporting oxygen.
What are “red blood cells?”
Someone the police think might have info linked to a potential crime.
What is a “person of interest?”
The 4 bases which from which DNA is comprised.
What is are “adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine?”
The high school Mrs. D graduated from.
What is “Central Union High School?”
The outermost layer of a hair strand.
What is the “cuticle”?
This component of blood is responsible for clotting.
What are “platelets?”
Examples include microscopic hairs, fibers, and bits of glass only visible under a microscope.
What is a “trace evidence?”
These two molecules alternate to make up the ‘backbone’ of the DNA molecule.
What are “deoxyribose sugar and phosphate”?
Mrs. D played these two sports in high school.
What is “softball and volleyball?”
We prepared this type of slide to view our own hair samples.
What is a “wet mount”?
This blood type is known as the universal recipient.
What is “type AB?”
The tiny characteristics of fingerprints.
What are “minutiae?”
These two bases are known as purines.
What are "adenine and guanine?"
This is Mrs. D’s favorite candy.
What are “red vines?”
The part of hair that can be seen above the skin.
What is the “hair shaft?”
The initial testing done in a lab that suggests a sample may be blood.
What is “presumptive testing?”
A search method primarily used on crime scenes that are comprised of readily definable areas, such as in houses or buildings.
What is the “zone method?”
The portion of DNA that causes the strand to be negative.
What is “phosphate?”
Mrs. D worked at ECRMC as this healthcare professional.
What is a “Respiratory Therapist?”
The intermediate layer of hair.
What is the “cortex?”
The process in which red blood cells react to an antibody and “clump”.
What is “agglutination”?
The principle that states every time we go somewhere or interact with someone we leave traces of evidence behind.
What is “Locard’s Principle?”
Cells that do not have any membrane-bound organelles and only include bacteria.
What are “prokaryotic cells?”
This is the name of Mrs. D’s all time favorite band.
Who is the “Dave Matthews Band?”