CROSS TRANSFER OF EVIDENCE BETWEEN SUSPECT AND VICTIM OR LOCALE

FORM AND STRUCTURE

A MOLECULE CONSISTING OF MANY IDENTICAL REPEATING UNITS, CAN BE NATURALLY OCCURRING OR SYNTHETIC.

TOUGH, CLEAR OUTSIDE COVERING OF THE HAIR SHAFT.

MIDDLE LAYER OF THE HAIR SHAFT THAT PROVIDES STRENGTH, COMPRISES MOST OF THE HAIR MASS.

THE SPONGY CORE OF HAIR THAT GIVES IT FLEXIBILITY

A TOUGH PROTEIN POLYMER MADE UP OF ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT AMINO ACIDS. CROSS-LINKING MAKES HAIR RESISTANT TO CHEMICALS.

IRREGULARLY SHAPED AIR SPACES IN THE CORTEX

IN HAIR MORPHOLOGY, SLIGHT WAVES

ONE-MILLIONTH OF A METER, ONE THOUSAND OF A MILLIMETER

PERIOD OF GROWTH IN THE HAIR CYCLE, AVERAGING THREE TO FIVE YEARS

INTERMEDIATE PERIOD OF HAIR GROWTH, LASTING ABOUT THREE WEEKS

FINAL PHASE IN HAIR GROWTH, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF HAIR IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS

A LINK BETWEEN AN UNKNOWN SAMPLE AND KNOWN EVIDENCE

TERM USED IN FORENSICS TO DESCRIBE AN UNKNOWN ORIGIN

TERM USED IN FORENSICS TO DESCRIBE A SAMPLE OF A KOWN ORIGIN

A SPECIFIC PRODUCT OF A SUBSTANCE, FORMED BY CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN THE BODY

A TEST RESULT THAT COMES OUT POSITIVE WHEN IT SHOULD NOT, OFTEN CAUSED BY CONTAMINATION