Hair in Forensics

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