Evidence
Passing evidence from victim to suspect or vice-versa
What is Direct Transfer?
This is the central core of a hair fiber
What is the Medulla?
True or False: Plant fibers do not include seeds and stems.
What is False?
True or False: There are racial differences in hair, but enough variations to not individually classify it.
What is True?
This is the actively growing root or base of a hair
What is Follicle?
This is a kind of evidence that identifies a particular person or thing
What is Individual Evidence?
The region of hair located outside of the Medulla
What is Cortex?
These are thin strings of glass that are commonly found in insulation
What is Fiberglass?
True or False: Toxins/drugs that someone ingested can leave traces in hair
What is True?
Fibers spun together
What is Yarn?
These are small but measurable amounts of physical/biological material at a crime scene
What is Trace Evidence?
The protein that hair is composed of
What is Keratin?
Man-made fibers consist of both synthetic polymers and this type of fiber
What is Regenerated?
The smallest unit of a textile; It must be 100 times longer than wide
What is Fiber?
In animal hair this is larger than in Human hair
What is the Medulla?
This is material that connects an individual/thing to a certain group
What is Class Evidence?
This is the tough outer covering of hair, composed of overlapping scales
What is a Cuticle?
Both Asbestos and Fiberglass fall under this category
What are Mineral Fibers?
Fibers produced from raw materials that is spun together in a factory
What are Synthetic Fibers?
This is a substance composed of long chains of repeating units
What is Polymer?
Transfer of evidence such as fiber from a source to a person and then to someone else
What is Secondary Transfer?
For Humans, the cuticle has this pattern
What is Imbricate?
(Having adjacent edges overlapping.)
A fiber that is both fire-resistant, but can be deadly to Humans
What is Asbestos?
Analysis of fibers can include these tests
What is Burning, Dissolving & Infrared Spectroscopy all of the above?
A flexible flat material made by interlacing yarns or threads
What is Textile?