Fingerprints & Characteristics Crossword Puzzle

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Fingerprints & Characteristics Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST:

  • tented arch: less common pattern with a defined rise in the middle area
  • core: the center area of the loop or whorl pattern
  • bifurcation: ridge detail that branches in two paths
  • ulnar loop: fingerprint pattern with recurving ridges that open toward the little finger
  • whorl: fingerprint pattern with spiraling ridges
  • delta: angular area of ridges, found in loop and whorl patterns
  • double loop: whorl pattern having two adjoining loops
  • radial loop: fingerprint pattern with recurving ridges that open toward the thumb
  • loop: fingerprint pattern with ridges entering and exiting the same side
  • arch: the fingerprint pattern with ridges entering one side and exiting the other