Embalming

Which of these is an example of a perfuming agent?

Benzaldehyde

Which of these is an example of an intravascular post-mortem blood discoloration?

Cadaveric lividity

Which of the following microorganisms is recognized as the causative agent of tissue gas?

Clostridium perfringens

What is the effect of a fan blowing a current of air over a dead human body?

Dehydration of the superficial tissue

Which of the following is NOT classified as a chemical change?

Desiccation

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

Which of following characterizes lung purge?

Frothy white color

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

Intermittent method

What is the purpose of adding Oil of Wintergreen to an embalming fluid?

It can act as a perfuming agent

Which of the following is an example of a perfuming agent often used in embalming fluid?

Methyl salicylate

Which of these is the most accurate classification of livor mortis?

Post mortem intravascular blood discoloration

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

Preservation

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

What muscle acts as the anatomical guide for the external iliac artery?

Psoas major

Which of these conditions may affect the pressure at which arterial fluid must be injected to overcome the initial resistance?

Rigor mortis

What instrument can be used to hold a cotton ball used to disinfect the eyes?

Spring forceps

What is the common action of phenol, formalin and sodium hypochlorite on the tissues of the body?

They all are capable of bleaching the tissue

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of an artery?

They collapse when cut

Which of the following is NOT a cause of extravascular resistance to fluid distribution?

Thickened blood

Which of the following substances serves as a solvent for the many ingredients incorporated in an embalming fluid?

Vehicle

The femoral artery is bordered medially by the ____ muscle.

adductor longus

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

air pressure

The embalmer should remove as much blood from the body as possible to

all of these

An instrument for raising arteries and veins is....

an aneurysm needle

Distention of the body tissues is a complication of

anascara

Just behind the medial border of the coracobrachialis muscle is the anatomical guide for the _____ artery.

axillary

What organ should be given special attention in the embalming preparation of babies?

brain

Arteriosclerosis is a condition caused by the presence of ______ in the arterial tunics.

calcium deposits

The first body compounds to decompose are the

carbohydrates

A device which extends from some point over the sternum to a point under the chin and is used to support the chin during embalming is called a

chin rest

When arteriosclerosis is present, the artery generally best suited for injection of the arterial fluid would be the....

common carotid

An abnormal color appearing in or upon the human body is

discoloration

Hydrocele is

edema of the scrotum

Complete cellular death always _______ somatic death.

follows

Postmortem staining is an extravascular change in the color of tissues due to

hemolysis

The swelling and bursting of the red blood cells is

hemolysis

Rigor Mortis....

is reduced by flexing and bending

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

lateral

When preparing the primary dilution for an edematous case, the solution should be

more astringent than usual

The hardening agent in hardening compounds is

plaster of paris

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

rate of flow

Death beginning by failure of one of the vital organs of the body is

somatic death

The right ____ artery is shorter than the left one due to its origin.

subclavian

The most common vehicle used in embalming fluids is

water

Co-injection fluids are used

with arterial solutions

If you use 16 oz. of 30 index fluid, how many gallons of a 2.5% solution will you have?

1 1/2 gallons

How much of a 16 index fluid will it take to make 2 gallons of a 1.5% solution?

24 oz.

A moribund person is said to be in what state?

Agonal state

Which blood vessel continues as the brachial artery?

Axillary artery