Fingerprint Classes & Minutiae

What type of fingerprint is shown in the diagram below?

• arch

• whorl

• loop

What pattern is this?

• Tented Arch

• plain arch

• Loop

• Whorl

What type of whorl is shown?

• Plain
• Central Pocket
• Double Loop
• Accidental

• Central pocket whorl
• Double loop whorl
• Plain whorl
• Plain arch

Name this minutiae type

• Enclosure
• Island (pick me! pick me! you know you want to)
• Bifurcation (fork) 
• Ridge ending 

Name this minutiae type

• Enclosure

• Island

• Bifurcation (fork)

• Ridge ending

5% of the population has this type of pattern

• loops
• whorls
• arches
• ripples

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

What are the red triangles?

• deltas

• useless

• forks

• loops

What component of a fingerprint is highly specific to an individual?

• Class

• Minutiae

• Subclass

• Class and subclass

Name this minutiae type

• Sludge
• Island (dot) 
• Bifurcation (fork) 
• Pore