Forensics Hair
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| What is trace evidence? | Any very small physical material that can be transferred from person to person or between a person and a crime scene.
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| What are some examples of trace evidence? | Hair, fibers, glass, paint, dirt, and plant material.
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| Why would you use hair for evidence at a crime scene? | You can figure out if hair is from humans or if it is from animals, hair is small, easily shed, clingy, goes unoticed, is hardy, and survives for a long period of time, and hair contains many toxins like arsenic and you can extract DNA from the follicle.
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| What is cortex? | The largest portion of the shaft giving you the hair color that you have.
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| What is cuticle? | The layer of cells that cover the surface of the shaft and looks like scales on a fish or even roofing tiles. Scales overlap and always point up the shaft, away from the bulb.
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| What is medulla? | Cells that run down the center of the vortex like a canal.
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| What is caronal? | Scale of a cuticle, crownlike, and rodents have them.
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| What is spinous? | Scale of a cuticle, pedallike, and cats have them.
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| What is imbricate? | Scale of a cuticle, flattened, and humans along with other animals have them.
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| What is the medullary index of humans and animals? | Humans are 0.3 and animals are greater then 0.5.
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