30 Questions
What is the term for the study of fingerprints as a means of identification?
Dactyloscopy
What is the process of counting the ridges that touch or cross an imaginary line drawn between the core and the delta of a loop?
Ridge Counting
What is the term for the canals or depressions between the ridges in a fingerprint?
Furrows
What is the term for the process of tracing the ridge that originates from the left delta towards the right delta?
Ridge Tracing
What is the term for the placing of a group of classified sets of prints in their correct filing order?
Sequencing
What is the term for the study of poroscopy, edgeoscopy, and ridge characteristics for the purpose of positive identification of fingerprints?
Ridgeology
What is the location of the dermal papillae?
In the inner layer of the skin containing blood vessels
What is the function of the sweat duct?
To serve as the passage way for the sweat that exits at its mouth, the pore
What is the characteristic of a Bifurcation Sweat Pore?
It is a small opening found anywhere across the ridge surface
What is an Island Ridge?
A single ridge that divides itself into two or more branches
What is the characteristic of a Ridge ending with an abrupt ending?
It is an Ending Ridge
What is the term for the outer covering of the skin?
Stratum Corneum
What is the characteristic of the ridge structures described in the text?
Appearing as a series of 'patches'
Who is credited with being the 'Grandfather of Dactyloscopy'?
Dr. Marcello Malphighi
What did Herman Welcker's experiment prove in 1856 and 1897?
Ridge characteristics do not change over time
What did Dr. Marcello Malphighi name the inner and outer layers of the skin?
Dermis and epidermis
Who undertook an experiment to prove that fingerprints do not change over time?
Herman Welcker
What is the focus of Prof. Johannes Purkinje's book 'Commentatio de Examinine Physiologico Organi Visus et Systematis Cutanei'?
The classification of fingerprint patterns
Who is considered the father of chiroscopy?
Sir William James Herschel
What is the title of Sir William James Herschel's book?
The Origin of Fingerprinting
In which city did Dr. Henry Faulds publish an article in 1880?
Tokyo
What was the title of Dr. Nehemiah Grew's thesis?
Philosophical Transactions
Who was the first European of the modern period to practice fingerprint identification?
Sir William James Herschel
Who published an article in Nature describing the importance of fingerprint identification?
Dr. Henry Faulds
What was the result of John Dellinger's attempt to remove his fingerprints?
He was unsuccessful and his fingerprints were still identifiable.
What is Plaridel Education Institution now known as?
The Philippine College of Criminology
What was Robert James Pitt known for?
Being the man without fingerprints
What was the significance of People vs. Medina?
It was the first leading judicial decision on the science of fingerprinting
What was Isabela Bernales known for?
Being the first Filipina fingerprint technician
How many points of identity were required in the People of the Philippines vs Medina case?
10 points of identity
Explore the science of fingerprint identification and classification through dermatoglyphics and dactyloscopy. Learn about the practical application of fingerprints and character reading through pattern analysis.
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