Stiff
A stage of autolysis; the stiffening of the joints and muscles due to a lost of ATP. It begins 30-60 mins after death and peaks at 12 hours before diminishing.
What is Rigor Mortis?
Varnished wood
What is nonporous?
Using powder to make a print visible.
What is dusting?
If twins are suspected of a crime what evidence will prove which one did it?
Eye witness, DNA, fingerprints?
What percent of people are in the basic category of loops?
65%, 72% or 50%
What is 65%?
A stage of autolysis; begins between 15-20 minutes of death and results in extremely pale skin.
What is Pallor mortis?
Metal Surface
What is nonporous?
What is Fuming?
The location of the center of the pattern area.
What is the Core?
Which skin layer contains the sweat glands that help our fingers leave prints.
What is the Dermis?
A stage of autolysis; the gradual cooling of the body after death.
What is Algor mortis?
Untreated wood
What is Porous?
Inkless electronic devise that collects fingerprints and palm prints for storage in known databases.
The location of a single spot of friction skin.
What is a Island?
What percent of people are in the basic category of Whorls?
What is 30%
A stage of autolysis; the pooling of blood from gravity. This results in a purplish-blue color on the portions of the body that are laying on the ground.
What is Liver mortis?
Cellophane/Saran wrap?
What is Semiporous?
A computer system that reads and searches fingerprint patterns
What is AFIS?
Will also take: Automated Fingerprint Identification System
The location where two ridges diverge and a point of reference or friction skin is visible at the center of the divergence.
What is Delta?
What percent of people are in the basic category of arches?
What is 5%?
a manner of death that has an unknown cause.
What is undertermined death?
Glossy Magazine Cover
What is Semiporous?
Used to develop high resolution fingerprints images from metal surfaces where traditional methods have failed.
What is Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectoscopy?
Will accept: ToF-SIMS
The location where a single ridge splits into two separate ridges/
The part of the skin that contain the finger prints.
What is the friction skin?
Will also accept: Epidermis and Dermis