Embalming III GJ
interstate
This term means "between states"
international
This term means between countries:
children
Thrush is most often found in:
stronger than average
Typically you should use what type of solutions when embalming an organ donor?
true
Use of a minimum amount of a strong solution helps to control swelling and achieve good preservation and tissue fixation in the body with rigor mortis, true or false?
Polycythemia
Viscous blood due to an increase in red blood cells is most likely caused by?
true
When a cornea has been donated, you may have to aspirate the fluids of the eye prior to arterial injection, true or false?
work from within the incision and not raise the vessel to the surface of the skin.
When raising a sclerotic femoral it is best to:
incision, excising, & channeling
Which of the following are operative aids? (select all that apply)
Heat, translocation of microbes, & high moisture content of tissues
Which of the following factors can speed decomposition? (please select all that apply)
Neck veins engorged with blood, retention of salt in body fluids, & cyanotic lips, ears, and fingers,
Which of the following is associated with congestive heart disease? (select all that apply)
mCi
Which of the following is the abbreviation for millicurie?
purge
A constant concern of post-embalming care of a drowning victim is
razor burn
A cut on the skin which will turn brown due to shaving is known as:
a dermatome
A device used to peel or shave thin layers of the skin in a skin donation case is called?
Immediately cease injection and go to a multipoint
You are injecting the body of an individual who passed away of severe cardiopulmonary arrest due to the rupture of an aortic aneurysm via the right common carotid artery and draining via the right internal jugular. You noice that you are not draining and the abdomen has begun to swell. The face is swollen, but this swelling was evident prior to the embalming process. What should you do?
renal failure due to skin damage
Death from burned bodies (2nd/3rd degree) usually a result of:
true
You should inspect embalmed remains daily to ensure adequate preservation and attend any complications that may arise, true or false?
false
You should run warm water over the frozen body to thaw it as quickly as possible, true or false?
True
You should treat all eruptive and scaling skin conditions as if they are infectious/contagious, true or false?
Dessication
Extreme dehydration is called?
3
For every how many feet does radioactive exposure drop significantly?
dehydrating
Formaldehyde has a _____________ effect on tissues?
Anasarca
Generalized edema is called
dehydration
If the head was elevated during long term storage , which of the following could be encountered in the facial tissues?
true
If tissue gas is firmly set in the body, a waterless solution should be injected, true or false?
can
Livor mortis _________ be gravitated.
true
Long open incisions are one of the methods used to treat patients with burns, true or false?
lesions around the nails
Paronychia are:
Mucormycosis
Phycomycosis is commonly called:
cannot
Post embalming purge that occurs after embalming _______ easily be controlled by the embalmer.
Enzymes
Proteins that break down other proteins are called?
true
The best type of ligature to ligate sclerotic arteries is thick ligature, true or false?
false
The clavicle is referred to as the 'shoulder blade', true or false?
false
The longer a drug was taken prior to death the less likely you will encounter embalming complications, true or false?
Liver
The main detoxification center of the body is the:
United States Postal Service
The proper agency to ship cremated remains is?
true
The use of stronger than average arterial solutions is recommended on individuals with sclerotic arteries, true or false?
Fungal infections
mycotic infections are:
true
surface mold can be prevented by using a mold preventative or vaseline, true or false?
true
venous coagula are not much of concern to the embalmer, true or false?
1 pound
A pint of water weighs how much?
basic
After rigor, pH of the tissues is:
true
Another name for a bedsore is decubitus ulcer, true or false
true
Both types of incisions used in recovering the mandible will have significant embalming and restorative consequences, true or false?
true
Great leaps in therapy and heart medications have led to an older population that is more likely to pass away as a result of degenerative conditions, true or false?
8 pounds
How much does 128 oz. of water weigh?
true
Instant tissue fixation can be used to inject each section of the autopsied or unautopsied body, true or false?
true
it is beneficial to place massage cream around the orbit prior to injecting human remains that have undergone an eye enucleation, true or false?
physical
livor mortis is a post mortem ________ change?
