Capstone Embalming (missed)

There is an immediate danger to health and life if exposed to formaldehyde levels above

100 ppm

What type of autopsy consists of the examination of the gastrointestinal tract below the diaphragm?

Abdominal

Which of these conditions is associated with edema?

Alcoholism

What type of cavity treatment involves the making of an incision from the xiphoid process of the sternum to the pubic symphysis of the pelvic girdle?

Direct Incision

The individual who is credited with the discovery of the circulation of blood is

Dr. William Harvey

If you are embalming a body which has an infectious disease when should the cavity treatment procedure begin?

Immediately after arterial injection is completed

The individual for whom "Hunters Canal" is named is

John Hunter

Improper positioning of the head on the headrest may interfere with drainage from the

Jugular vein

Which instrument is used in the test for death involving the use of a beam of light to check for fluid movement in the retina of the eyeball?

Ophthalmoscope

Pin-point hemorrhage refers to which of hte following?

Petechia

Which chemical substances inactivate the saprophytic bacteria of a body and alter the tissues of the body to render them less susceptible to decomopsition?

Preservatives

Which of the following actions would help normalize the moisture content of an emaciated body?

The slow injection of a mild solution

What is the purpose of formaldehyde in the embalming fluids?

acts as a preservative

Which of the following would NOT affect the rate of flow?

adjusting the pressure knob

Method of creating injection pressure that incorporates air being forced under pressure into the fluid chamber to displace the embalming fluid into the body

air pressure

Generalized edema is referred to as

anasarca

The artery courses along the lateral margin of the crest of the tibia, passes through the center of the anterior surface of the ankle joint and becomes the dorsalis pedis artery.

anterior tibial

One purpose for which cavity fluids would NOT normally be recommended is

arterial injections

Which of the following is NOT an intrinsic factor to be considered in case analysis?

atmospheric conditions

The linear guide for the radial artery is from the

center of the antecubital fossa to the center of the base of the index finger

The action of formaldehyde on protein is

coagulation

What is the mode of somatic death which begins in the brain?

coma

Which of these is an example of an air pressure apparatus used to embalm a body?

compressed air

In cases of dental prognathism you may, after obtaining written permission from the family,

extract the teeth, let the teeth show, realign the teeth

An embalming instrument used to hypodermically inject areas of the body with embalming chemicals is a(n)

hypo-valve trocar

What type of solution will have its solvent drawn through a semi-permeable membrane into a more concentrated solution?

hypotonic solution

Continuous injection of arterial solution with drainage taken at intervals is called

intermittent

Which of these suture patterns is best suited for exposed skin?

intradermal stitch

Which of the following treatments would be used for the embalming of a dehydrated body?

large volume of a dilute solution

The ulnar artery lies along the border of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle

lateral

Which of the following arteries begins at the level of the second costal cartilage?

left common carotid

The decomposition of fats occurs by

lipolysis.

An incision into a vessel that is parallel to the long axis of a blood vessell is the

longitudal incisions

Clear embalming fluid is usually purged from the nose and mouth during preparation of cases dead of pulmonary tuberculosis because why

lung capillaries are weakened by disease

The passage of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a dilute into a concentrated solution is

osmosis

Which of the following are liquids or gels that help treat skin slips, gangrene, and surface ulcerations

pack applications

The hardening agent in hardening compounds is

plaster of paris

From the center of the popliteal space to a point midway between the medial malleolus and the calcaneus bone is the linear guide for the

posterior tibial artery

What type of chemical agents are capable of inactivating saprophytic bacteria, rendering unsuitable for nutrition the media upon which such bacteria thrive, and arresting the decomposition process?

preservatives

The color of cadaveric lividity can best be described by which of the following?

purple

In the femoral triangle the femoral artery is bordered laterally by the muscle

sartorius

Which of the following embalming fluids produces maximum disinfection and preservation without causing objectionable changes in skin texture?

semi-hardening arterial fluids

Blood vessel that is the origin of the axillary artery

subclavian artery

The common carotid arteries terminate at the level of the

superior border of the thyroid cartilage

How far above the injection site would the bottom of the gravity percolator need to be in order achieve one pound of injection pressure

two feet

What is the normal color of a nerve?

white