Ch 5 Hair Analysis

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10 questions
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Forensic hair Analysis
1

When being compared to a wooden pencil, which part of hair represents the lead?

1

The transitional or regressive stage that lasts a few weeks which hair growth slows is callws

1

The hair follicle is dormant and hairs are easily lost during which stage of the hair cycle?

1

We know hair is human if ...

1

Hair is helpful in solving old crimes because ...

1

The hair shaft is composed of what important protein?

1

The medulla pattern in the above hair sample is

5

Using the image above, match the type of medulla pattern with the correct letter.

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Interrupted
E
Continuous Animal
D
Fragmentary
A
Continuous Human
B
stacked
C
1

Hair analysis may be used to determine all of the following except:

1

When collecting hairs from a suspect to compare to those found at a crime scene, how many hairs should be collected?