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  2. Fingerprint - Wikipedia

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    In 1686, the professor of anatomy at the University of Bologna Marcello Malpighi identified ridges, spirals and loops in fingerprints left on surfaces. In 1788, a German anatomist Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer was the first European to conclude that fingerprints were unique to each individual.

  3. Finger - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] Primate fingers have both fingernails and fingerprints. [7] Research has been carried out on the embryonic development of domestic chickens showing that an interdigital webbing forms between the tissues that become the toes, which subsequently regresses by apoptosis. If apoptosis fails to occur, the interdigital skin remains intact.

  4. Hand - Wikipedia

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    A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs.A few other vertebrates such as the koala (which has two opposable thumbs on each "hand" and fingerprints extremely similar to human fingerprints) are often described as having "hands" instead of paws on their front limbs.

  5. Henry Classification System - Wikipedia

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    The Henry Classification System is a long-standing method by which fingerprints are sorted by physiological characteristics for one-to-many searching. Developed by Hem Chandra Bose, [1] Qazi Azizul Haque [2] and Sir Edward Henry in the late 19th century for criminal investigations in British India, [3] it was the basis of modern-day AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System ...

  6. Thumb - Wikipedia

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    Having a dorsal surface that features hair and a nail, and a hairless palmar aspect with fingerprint ridges; The thumb contrasts with each of the other four fingers by being the only one that: Is opposable to the other four fingers; Has two phalanges rather than three. However, recently there have been reports that the thumb, like other fingers ...

  7. Interphalangeal joints of the hand - Wikipedia

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    Joints of the hand, X-ray Interphalangeal ligaments and phalanges. Right hand. Deep dissection. Posterior (dorsal) view. The PIP joint exhibits great lateral stability. Its transverse diameter is greater than its antero-posterior diameter and its thick collateral ligaments are tight in all positions during flexion, contrary to those in the metacarpophalangeal joint.

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  9. List of instruments used in forensics - Wikipedia

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    primary preservative for Anatomy; video link: saturated Common salt solution / Rectified spirit: primary preservative for Autopsy; video link. Osteometric board: to measure the length of (usually dried) bones X-ray boxes: to view X-ray images Microscopes Used to examine evidence Fingerprint set: to collect fingerprints; video link