Cuspal pattern

Alan C · Post by **Alan C** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:56 am

I'm looking for an image of a cuspal print. Does anyone out there have an example you could send me? We have one person in our file (of some 570,000 cards) who has about 6 or 7 cuspal patterns, but I can't find the card. Needle in a haystack, you know. I wish I'd kept a copy when I first ran across it!

Cindy Rennie · Post by **Cindy Rennie** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:04 am

Let me be the first to display my ignorance.

What the **** is a "cuspal" pattern? I've been on the cusp of many things, but this is a new one on me....

Cindy

David Fairhurst · Post by **David Fairhurst** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:53 am

A cuspal pattern is an abnormal pattern in which the ridges do no recurve around the tip of the finger. Instead the ridges flow straight up and off the top of the print.

Does anyone know the cause?

Charles Parker · Post by **Charles Parker** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:00 am

Alan, I have several examples of cuspal patterns. E-Mail me and I can send them to you.

I also have some Aribitrary T patterns. Interesting history behind the Aribitrary T.

Ann Horsman · Post by **Ann Horsman** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:11 am

I have never seen one of these. Would it be possible for someone to post one here?

Alan C · Post by **Alan C** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:21 am

Ann Horsman wrote:I have never seen one of these. Would it be possible for someone to post one here?

I can't seem to paste an image here. I'll forward you an example that Charles sent me.

Boyd Baumgartner · Post by **Boyd Baumgartner** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:39 pm

Here's an example:

Ann Horsman · Post by **Ann Horsman** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:46 pm

Most interesting, I have never seen a print like that. Thanks for posting it!

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