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Intro Fingerprint Package
Intro Fingerprint Package
2. LATENT:
3. PHYSICAL:
Fingerprint Terminology
1. TYPE LINES:
2. DELTA:
3. CORE:
Fingerprint Patterns
LOOPS
Approximately 60% of people exhibit this pattern. This pattern has ridges that enter
from one side of the finger, recurve, touch or pass an imaginary line between the Delta
and Core and tend to exit the same side as the ridge entry. There are two sub-classes.
ULNAR VS RADIAL LOOPS " " " " " " "
To determine if you have an ulnar or radial loop there are three things to remember:
PLAIN
WHORLS " " " " " " "
CENTRAL POCKET
WHORLS " " " " " " "
DOUBLE LOOP
WHORLS " " " " " "
ACCIDENTAL WHORLS
PLAIN ARCH
TENTED ARCH
OVERALL
FINGERPRINT
FREQUENCY
4%
Ulnar Loop - 56%
Radial Loop - 4%
24%
Plain Whorl - 24%
Central Pocket Whorl - 4%
Double Loop Whorl - 4%
Accidental Whorl - 1%
4%
Plain Arch - 4%
56% 4%
1%
Tented Arch - 2%
4%
2%
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
NAME:
1. Which general pattern requires that you know which hand it came from before you
can identify it?
3. Which two sub-classified patterns are made up of two or more fingerprint patterns?
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Identify the specific type of fingerprint pattern for each of the following. Assume that
these come from the RIGHT THUMB of the suspect.