Fingerprints Flashcards
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Tented arch
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A pattern with at least one up thrusting ridge that tends to bisect superior ridges at right angles
1
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Arch
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A pattern made up of ridges lying one above the other in a general arching formation
2
Q
Loop
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A pattern with one or more free recurring ridges and one delta
3
Q
Ulnar loop
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A loop in which the ridges flow in from the little finger side
4
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Radial loop
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A loop in which the ridges flow in from the thumb side
5
Q
Whorl
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A pattern with one or more free recurving ridges and two points of delta
6
Q
Ridge ending
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The point at which a ridge terminates
7
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Bifurcation
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A point at which a single ridge splits into two
8
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Short ridge
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A shorter than average ridge
