Hair
All mammals have hair; its main purpose is......?
What is...Regulate body temperature?
All hairs on the body are the same.
What is... false?
The shaft of hair is made up of the following parts.
What are...Cuticle, cortex, and medulla?
Multiple of these get spun together to make yarn.
What are... Fibers?
Hair is commonly known as this type of classification of evidence.
What is...Curcumstanial evidence?
This part of the hair is the outer layer.
What is... the Cuticle?
Stage of hair's life cycle where it is actively growing.
What is... Antagen?
These are made when multiple threads (yarn) are woven together.
What are... Textiles?
Hair is made up of the following protein.
What is...Keratin?
The part of the hair that is the largest part, making up the majority of the hair structure.
What is...the Cortex?
If a hair was found at the scene of a crime, the hair would had been in this stage of life.
What is... Telegen?
Types of weave patterns.
100 points for each type
What are... plain, satin, leno, basket, and twill?
This must be present with the hair to be classified as individual evidence.
What is... follicle or root?
The main difference between animal hair and human hair.
The medulla index of humans.
What is... less than 0.33?
What is... more than half?
Hair's medulla can have the following patterns.....
200 points for each identification pattern
What is... Continuous, fragmented, interrupted, solid, and none?
The 3 different stages of hair's life cycle.
What is... Antagen, Catagen, Telegen?
Explain all the different classifications of evidence that hair can be.
500 points for each correct classification.
What is... Circumstantial, as it does not provide a fact, connecting to an individual.
Biological, as the hair comes from a living organism.
Class and individual, as it depends if the follicle is present with DNA to be individual. If it does not it's class.
Examples of natural fibers.
100 points for each example.
What are.... Fur, wool, silk, cashmere, mohair, angora, cotton, jute, flux, hemp, coir, fiberglass, and asbestos.