Embalming - NBE Practice #4

Most accurate classification of petechia

Ante Mortem extravascular blood discoloration

Example of a perfuming agent

Benzaldehyde

How can an extravascular discoloration be dealt with during the embalming process?

Discoloration can be lessened by adding a bleaching agent to the arterial fluid

Agonal algor is a postmortem thermal change that occurs in a body after somatic death

False

Suture pattern best suited for exposed skin

Intradermal stitch

An example of a perfuming agent often used in embalming fluid

Methyl salicylate

Commonly used moisture absorbing substance in hardening compound

Plaster of paris

Accessory chemical designed to preserve tissue either by direct contact or through gaseous vapors

Preservative powders

Condition that contributes to skin-slip

Putrefaction of the body tissues

Embalming fluids that produce maximum disinfection and preservation without causing objectionable changes in the skin texture

Semi-hardening arterial fluids

What is the purpose of the quaternary ammonium compounds in embalming fluids

They act as supplementary germicides

Warm water may be used when embalming cases that have decomposition present

True

Suture pattern used to turn under the excess margins of skin in an incision

Worm stitch

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

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

What type of solution has the power to attract a solvent through a semi-permeable membrane into itself

hypertonic solution

Which vein is considered to be the companion to the common carotid artery?

internal jugular vein

What type of anticoagulant will breakup clots by causing the mineral particles of the blood to fall out of suspension?

precipitants

What color is imparted to the body by radium treatments

red

The most common vehicle used in embalming fluids is

water