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Can fingerprints have more than one ridge?
Question Date: 2017-01-09
Answer 1:

I love your curiosity. Fingerprints are so cool!

A ridge is considered to be a raised line on a fingerprint. A single fingerprint may contain around 150 unique ridges. There are many types of these ridges on a fingerprint. The most common types of ridges are named loops, whorls, and arches.

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