Hair in Forensics
Across
- 4. A tool used to examine hair very closely
- 8. The sac of living tissue that the hair grows from
- 10. Cuticle scale pattern "petal-like" and spiny
- 11. The outermost layer of a hair
- 12. The pigment found in hair and skin
- 13. A type of cuticle scale pattern, "crown-like" and in rodents
- 15. People of this descent may have lighter hair that is straight or wavy
- 16. The cuticle scale pattern found in humans
Down
- 1. A medulla broken up randomly
- 2. People of this descent tend to have dark, coarse hair, with a round cross-section
- 3. The period when the hair gets loosened and sheds
- 4. The central core of the hair
- 5. People of this descent tend to have deeply pigmented hair that is curly
- 6. When a medulla is unbroken
- 7. The number of head hairs taken as a representative sample
- 9. The general body of the hair
- 11. The short phase in which the hair bulb shrinks
- 14. The base of the hair that is found under the skin
- 16. A medulla broken up evenly
- 17. The growth phase of the hair, lasting about 6 years