Q.E 2

• RIDGE TRACING – This refers to the process of tracing the ridges of a whorl pattern from the left delta to the right delta.
• INNER (I) – a whorl pattern whereby the tracing ridge runs or goes inside or above the right delta
• OUTER (O) – a whorl pattern whereby a tracing ridge runs or goes below or outside the right delta.
• MEETING (M) – whorl pattern having two or less intervening ridges regardless of whether the tracing ridge flows below

  or above the right delta
• BLOCKINGS - is the process of writing below each pattern the corresponding symbol of the fingerprint pattern
• Plain Arch - A a
• Tented Arch - T t
• Radial Loop - R RH- / LH- \
• Ulnar Loop - U RH- \ LH- /
• Plain Whorl - W W