Embalming

The infant to child period ranges from

0-48 months

What is the acceptable temperature range for mortuary refrigeration equipment?

35-40 degrees

How many reasons are listed in the textbook for the use of water softeners in an arterial solution?

4

In an average, healthy male, total body water constitutes how much of body weight?

55 to 60%

The maximum index that works for arterial embalming, thus the target value of "waterless" solutions is

8

What is the preservative demand for bodies with renal failure?

About six times the average amount.

The index of arterial fluid that would be considered a medium strength fluid is:

An index between 19-24

Accurate classification of petechia

Antemortem extravascular blood discoloration

Direct incision

Cavity treatment involving an incision from the xiphoid process of the sternum to the pubic symphysis of the pelvic girdle

An arterial hemostat is useful to the embalmer for

Clamping a vessel

Preferred temperature for primary dilution water for embalming a severely dehydrated case

Cold

What material is used to soften the consistency of wax

Cream cosmetic

Dr. William Harvey

Discovered the circulation of blood in 1628

Embalming obese bodies

Drainage at right internal jugular, restricted cervical injection, and large volumes of solution.

Embalming bodies with facial trauma

Drainage from right internal jugular, restricted cervical injection, and instant tissue fixation

Which of the following substances is used as a buffer in arterial fluid?

EDTA

Clauderus

Established a method of embalming without evisceration

Which of the following are reactions associated with formaldehyde?

Exists in water as methylene glycol, is inhibited from polymerization by methanol, preserves amino acids without coagulation, and denatures, preserves and coagulates proteins.

What type of fluid movement can be located at the capillary membrane?

Extravascular diffusion

Jean Gannal

First to make embalming available to the public

What is the name given to a type of purge which has a color and odor consistent with that of arterial fluid solution?

Fluid purge

Which of the following characterizes lung purge?

Frothy white or pink in color

What approach should be taken when embalming non-autopsied remains that have been refrigerated for 24 hours?

Inject slowly

Which of the following methods of injection and drainage is recommended for use in embalming cases which exhibit vascular disorders?

Intermittent method

Inject the face of a deceased who has had a complete eye enucleation using

Minimum rate of flow and minimum pressure with normal strength arterial fluid

Which of the following is a disinfectant and preservative found in autopsy powders?

Paraformaldehyde

What approach should be used to casket remains disfigured by semi-fetal position paralysis?

Positioning the deceased to provide an accustomed repose using a manual aid

Which of these is an example of a pre-embalming chemical change in a body

Postmortem caloricity

Which is not a type of arterial tube connection?

Quick clamp

Color imparted to the body by radium treatments

Red

When treating blisters, which of the following is incorrect?

Remove loose integument before embalming

Which of these incisions is located along the superior border of the medial one-third of the clavicle?

Supraclavicular incision

This muscle, especially in the elderly, may atrophy and dehydrate, causing it to shrink and require tissue building.

Temporalis

Rate of flow

The amount of embalming solution that enters the body in a given period and is measured in ounces per minute

The primary responsibility to restore human remains following donation falls to

The donation technician

Where should the point of the trocar be directed to access the heart when the handle of the trocar is aligned with the left anterior superior iliac spine?

The lobe of the right ear

Which of these is NOT a stated objective of drainage procedures?

To increase the secondary dilution of the arterial fluid

What type of vascular incision is the most common?

Transverse

Which of the following bones would be best used in bone donation?

Ulna

What procedure may be used to return the body of an emaciated case to normal contour and moisture content?

Use restricted drainage

Causes of extravascular resistance to fluid distribution

Weight of the viscera, rigor mortis of the muscle surrounding the blood vessel, and/or the presence of a tumor

Scabs should be removed before, during or after embalming?

after

Swollen eyelids can be corrected by

aspiration with a hypodermic syringe

What complication may hard water present in the embalming process?

blood clotting

Directing the point of the trocar toward a point one-fourth of the distance from the right anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic symphysis is the trocar guide for the

cecum, appendix

The action of HCHO on protein is called:

coagulation

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

compressed air

A cavity pack will

dehydrate and bleach tissues

The inferior vena cava is the vein which accompanies the

descending aorta

Which of these is the prescribed incision for an atherosclerotic blood vessel?

diagonal

In cases where death is accompanied by high fever

drainage is usually a problem due to increased blood viscosity

Damage to the valves of the heart usually occurs in cases with

endocarditis

The _____ artery changes its name to femoral and is used in the embalming of an autopsied body

external iliac

The first muscle tissue to be affected by rigor mortis is

eyes

The most common method used for arterially injecting a body today is the

force pump

A trihydroxy alcohol found in both embalming fluids and in the structure of lipids and fats is

glycerol

An instrument which may be used to guide an arterial or vein tube into a vessel is the

groove director

What type of substance is lanolin

humectant

Edema within the pleural cavity is

hydrothorax

The injection pressure which just overcomes the vascular resistance and causes the embalming fluid to enter the arterial system at a moderate and uniform rate is

ideal

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

lung capillaries are weakened by disease

Unlike arterial fluids, cavity fluids do not generally contain

modifying agents

Where are the iliac arteries and veins located?

pelvic cavity

The passage of arterial solution through the capillary wall, caused by positive intravascular pressure is

pressure filtration

What substance undergoes the process of decay by aerobic bacterial enzymes?

proteins

The speed at which the embalming solution enters the body is called

rate of flow

To treat areas of skin slip

remove loose skin

When embalming the autopsy case, which of the following blood vessels would you utilize to inject the head of the deceased?

right and left common carotid

Caused by the severe dehydration effect of formaldehyde on tissue

searing

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of massage cream?

secure the jaws in position

When injecting a body with any mechanical injector, the desired pressure should be

set before opening the rate of flow

Which of these provides extravascular resistance to fluid distribution?

tumors

A solution containing less solute than it could hold under ordinary conditions is

unsaturated

Surfactants are also referred to as

wetting agents

The sequence for preparing a body for shipment

• Terminally bathe, clean, and dry the body • Pack orifices • Dress • Secure body in shipping container • Label container for shipment

Restoration of the visible skin involves the external use of

• mortuary cosmetics • opaque bases • ornamental cosmetic