Forensics Ch 3 vocab Hair

Front

Comparison microscope

Back

A compound microscope for side-by-side comparison of samples like hair or fibers.

Front

Class evidence

Back

Material connecting an individual or thing to a group.

Front

Cortex

Back

Region of hair outside the medulla with pigment granules.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Front

Cuticle

Back

Tough outer covering of hair with overlapping scales.

Front

Hair follicle

Back

Actively growing root/base of hair with DNA and living cells.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Front

Individual evidence

Back

Identifies a specific person or thing

Front

Keratin

Back

A fibrous protein that forms most of hair's cortex.

Front

Medulla:

Back

Central core of a hair fiber.

Front

melanin granules

Back

bits of pigment in the hair cortex

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Front

Protein in hair: _____

Back

keratin

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6