Loop is the fingerprint pattern of friction ridges which is characterized by having one delta present and is the most common pattern seen in the human population. Having one delta it helps in classification of the fingerprint pattern.We can term fingerprint as the impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger.
Forensic science is the method of recovering fingerprints from a crime scene. There are types fingerprint patterns, namely whorl, loop, arch, plain arch, central pocket loop, lanted arch.
Dactyloscopy is the fingerprint identification.
