Hair as Evidence
The most frequently found pieces of evidence at a crime scene.
HAIR
Hair consists of two main parts.
what are the follicle and the shaft?
This amount of hairs are usually collected from a suspect's head.
What is 50?
The end of the hair shaft away from the head.
What is distal?
Name of the dog
What is Keisha?
Using gloves, forceps or tape lift to do this
What is collecting hair?
Transparent outer layer of the hair that protects the hair
What is the cuticle?
Good analogy for the structure of a hair shaft is the structure of this.
What is a pencil?
Hair growth slows
What is Catagen?
These were collected to help solve the crime.
What is dog hair, guns, handwritten note in gun box, smudge marks on vehicle, drugs, bullets, Keisha?
Things such as origin, race, body region are some things used for this
What is hair analysis?
Protein-rich structure around the medulla that contains pigment
What is the cortex?
Pigmented line unevenly spaced MEDULLA
What is fragmented or segmented?
resting stage where the follicle is dormant and hairs are easily lost
What is Telogen?
this caliber was used to kill the victim and also found at the suspect's home
What is .22 caliber?
What is the classification that the follicle would fall under?
Individual
The hair shaft is composed of this protein
What is keratin?
One unbroken line of color
Which medulla pattern?
What is continuous medulla pattern?
A rate of this amount is how much human hair grows per month.
What is 1.3 cm?
a laboratory technique for rapidly producing (amplifying) millions to billions of copies of a specific segment of DNA
What is PCR?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
What is the classification the hair shaft would fall under?
Circumstantial
Club-shaped structure under the skin
What is the follicle?
What are the 6 types of hair on the human body?
Head, eyebrows and eyelashes, beard, underarm, body, pubic
There are this many stages of hair growth.
What is 3?
Andy Rich inspired to be this when he grew up.
What is a mafia hitman?