EMBALMING COMPEND 6

Yellow

Jaundice is best described by which color?

Worm

Suture described as a recommended hidden stitch which could be used on a cranial autopsy

Restoration

The care of the deceased to recreate natural form and color is a definition which would most correctly apply to

Purple

The color of cadaveric lividity

Disinfection

The destruction or inhibition of most pathogenic bacteria and their products in or on the body defines

Algor Mortis

The post mortem loss of body heat

Preservation

The science of treating the body chemically, so as to temporarily inhibit decomposition would most appropriately apply to

Posterior to the ear

When the pathologist makes an incision for a cranial autopsy, the proper location for the incision to begin

Anasarca

Generalized edema

Cranium

Hydrocephalus is an abnormal accumulation of fluid

Left Ventricle

If injecting an infant case by way of the heart, which chamber of the heart is considered most appropriate to insert the arterial tube for the best results?

Buffer

An embalming chemical which affects the stabiliztion of the acid-base balance within embalming solutions and in the embalmed tissues

An aneurysm hook

An embalming instrument that is used in raising vessels and for blunt dissection

Hypo-valve trocar

An embalming instrument used to hypodermically inject areas of the body with embalming chemicals

A bistoury

An embalming instrument which is a one piece scalpel used for making incisions and excisions

Jean Gannal

An influential person in medical embalming who was the first to make embalming available to the public

Dr. William Harvey

An influential person in medical embalming, who discovered the circulation of blood in 1628

Anatomical Guide

Any surface, prominence, or structure which is used in establishing the location of an adjacent structure or prominence

Coma

Death beginning at the brain

Hydrothorax

Edema within the pleural cavity

Terminal Disinfection

That procedure of disinfection following the embalming process to protect the environment would most appropriately apply to

Concurrent Disinfection

That procedure of disinfection which takes place during the embalming process would most correctly apply to

Edema

The abnormal accumulation of fluid in the intercellular spaces or cavities

Green

The arterial injection of a jaundice case with normal arterial fluid will likely cause which kind of a discoloration?

Agonal edema

The escape of blood serum from an intravascular to an extravascular location

Death

The irreversible total cessation of metabolic activity

Arterial solution

The mixture of embalming fluid and water which is used in arterial injections

Y shaped

The proper torso incision made when performing an autopsy

hemolysis

The swelling and bursting of the red blood cells

Large volume of a dilute solution

Treatment used for the embalming of a dehydrated body

Low pressure, slow rate of flow

Treatment used when intravascular difficulties are manifested during the embalming process

Formalin

A mixture of formaldehyde gas dissolved in water

Adipocere

A soapy waxy by-product of saponification

Bronze

Addison's Disease generally results in which kind of a discoloration?

Hematoma

A blood-filled swelling is descriptive of

A cadaver

A dead human body which is used for anatomical and scientific study

A heart tap

A direct method of drainage accomplished by inserting a trocar into the right atrium of the heart

Dehydration

A drying of the body or tissues as a result of the removal of moisture (water) is

Hydropericardium

An abnormal accumulation of fluid in the heart sac

Ascites

An accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity