Fingerprint Patterns and Types

A center of a loop or whorl.

A triangular ridge pattern with ridges that go in different directions.

<p>An impression left on any surface that consists of patterns made by the ridges on a finger.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A hidden fingerprint made visible through powders or other techniques.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern flows inward and returns in the direction of the origin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The combination of details in the shapes and positions of ridges in fingerprints.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A visible fingerprint that happens when fingers with substance touch a surface.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A three-dimensional fingerprint made in soft material.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The recognizable pattern of the ridges found in the end joints of fingers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form used to record and preserve a person's fingerprints.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fingerprint pattern that resembles a bull's-eye.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first European to publish friction ridge skin observations, in 1684.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>First to recognize that each set of fingerprints is unique, in 1788.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Published a thesis discussing fingerprint patterns in 1823.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first to use fingerprints on native contracts in 1856.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Developed the first scientific system of personal identification called anthropometry in 1879.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Developed the classification system for fingerprints that is still used today, in 1896.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Began the first fingerprint files in 1891 and made the first criminal fingerprint identification in 1892.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>At the beginning of the 10th week of pregnancy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Arches = 5% of people, ridges enter from one side and leave from the other Whorls = 30% of people, resemble a bull's-eye with 2 deltas Loops = 65% of people, enter from either side and exit the same side</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tented arch forms an angle or has loop characteristics, while plain arch shows ridges entering and exiting without an angle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Plain whorl 2. Central pocket loop whorl 3. Composite whorl.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers