- A form used to record and preserve a person's fingerprints: fingerprint card
- A concealed fingerprint made visible through the use of powders or forensic techniques: latent fingerprint
- An impression left on any surface that consists of ridges and valleys made by the ridges on a finger: fingerprint
- Fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern flows in and returns in the direction of the origin: loop
- First described in 1788 that "the arrangement of the skin ridges is never duplicated in two persons": dermatoglyphics
- The development of ridge patterns happens in the fetus, where new skin cells are produced: embryonic development
- Glands in the skin that produce sweat: eccrine glands
- A fingerprint pattern that resembles a bullseye: whorl
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of fingerprint analysis worksheet.
