Hair and Fiber

A fibrous protein that makes up the majority of the cortex of the hair

• keratin

• melanin

• cellulose

• lipids

Hair adheres to clothes and other surfaces then can be picked up /transferred to other location

• Primary Transfer

• Secondary Transfer

If hair is forcibly removed from a victim, the tip of the hair may contain DNA. This region is called?

• Shirt Tag

• Price tag

• Follicular tag

• hair tag

The central core of the hair is called the

• cuticle

• medulla

• cortex

How do you distinguish between human and animal hair?

• Patterns of pigmentation

• medullary index

• cuticle type

• all of the above

The hair follicle is dormant (not growing hair anymore) and hairs are easily lost during which stage of the hair life cycle?

• Anagen

• Telogen

• Catagen

• Metagen

What are the two main parts of a hair?

• Cuticle and follicle

• Follicle and Shaft

Pigment which gives color to brown or black hair is called

• Phomelanin

• Melanin

• Pheomelanin

• Eumelanin

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Fiber and hair evidence is put in?

• Bundle

• Bindle

• Binder

Fibers maufactured from man-made chemicals

• fake

• synthetic

• natural

• cotton

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3