Hair Structure
The middle part of the hair, that not every person has. Shares it's name with part of your brain
What is the Medulla?
This medulla type is essentially one unbroken line of color.
What is continuous?
This principle explains how things are always left behind at a scene, no matter what
What is Locard's Principle?
This organ is where hair grows from-
What is the follicle?
The medullary index in animals is greater than-
What is 0.5?
This inner part of the hair, is what gives you your natural hair color, not to be confused with the "neo" version found in your brain
What is the cortex?
This medulla type is not visible.
What is Absent?
What type of evidence is hair color?
What is class?
This stage of hair growth is where your hair is actively growing, AND developing
What is Anagen?
This cuticle scale pattern is most commonly seen in both humans and large mammals.
What is imbricate?
The outside "shell" of your hair, usually covered in some kind of scale pattern
What is the cuticle?
This type of medulla looks like a pigmented line broken at regular intervals.
What is Intermittent?
What type of evidence is ethnicity?
What is class?
This stage of the hair lifecycle is where it stops actively growing or doing anything, kind of like a lazy cat.
What is Catagen?
This cuticle scale pattern is most commonly seen in cats, weasels, and seals is known as-
What is spinous?
This portion of the hair is the longest part. It is made of keratin and contains only mitochondrial DNA.
What is the shaft?
This type of medulla is broken at irregular intervals, making it appear as though chunks are missing.
What is fragmented?
What type of evidence is nuclear DNA?
What is Individual?
This stage of the hair lifecycle is where it naturally falls out from the scalp.
What is Telogen?
The cuticle scale pattern most commonly seen in small rodents and bats is-
What is coronal?
What do you have with animals like rhinos, cattle, and sheep? Your hair is made up of the same protein that their horns are made of
What is keratin?
The medullary index in humans is less than-
What is 0.33?
Which parent does mitochondrial DNA found in the hair shaft come from?
What is the Mother?
This stage of the hair growth cycle is when materials like drugs are deposited in the hair.
What is Anagen?
Animal hairs have denser pigmentation towards the-
What is the medulla?