Hair Evidence

Hair is what type of evidence?

• Class

• Individual

• unknown

• all of the above

DNA is never present on hair

• False

• True

Is it possible to determine what body part hair evidence came from?

• yes

• no

Can race origin be determined by hair?

• Yes

• no

Can we tell if a hair was forcibly removed?

• Yes

• no

How many approximate hair follicles on a human head are there?

• 100,000

• 1 million

• 60,000

• 1000

Is it possible to determine the species of hair evidence without DNA?

• Yes

• no

The two main categories of human hair are:

• Terminal and vellus

• terminus and vascular

• terminal and fetal

• head and body

What are the tree stages of hair growth in order from start to end?

• Anagen, telogen, and catagen

• anagen, catagen, and telogen

• telogen, catagen, and anagen

• catagen, telogen, and anagen

Humans lose approximately how many hair per day?

• 100

• 1000

• 50

• 5