Embalming

Coracobrachialis muscle

The anatomical guide for the axillary artery is at the medial border of the

dorsalis pedis

The artery which is a continuation of the anterior tibial artery is the

active dyes

The key ingredient of an arterial fluid classified as a cosmetic fluid is

force pump.

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

Hypotonic solution

What type of solution will have its solvent drawn through a semi-permeable membrane into a more concentrated solution?

Isotonic solutions

What type of solutions can be placed on opposite sides of a semi-permeable membrane without either solution attracting solvent from the other solution across the membrane?

In the pelvic cavity

Where are the iliac arteries and veins located?

In the neck

Where is the common carotid artery found?

Ulnar

Which artery can be located along a line from the center of the antecubital fossa to a point between the forth and fifth digits of the upper extremity?

Radial

Which artery should be raised and injected to facilitate the embalming of the body between the antecubital fossa and the wrist?

Axillary artery

Which blood vessel continues as the brachial artery?

Rigor mortis

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

Hydroaspirator

Which of these devices found in the preparation room uses water pressure to create a vacuum?

Scalpel

Which of these embalming instruments is used to make an incision?

Supraclavicular incision

Which of these incisions is located along the superior border of the medial 1/3 of the clavical?

It may be adapted to be used for aspiration

Which of these is NOT a disadvantage of using a hand pump to inject embalming fluids?

Hypostasis of the blood

Which of these is NOT a sign of decomposition?

It will help retard the coagulation of protein

Which of these is NOT an expressed purpose for the use of massage cream on the body?

Plaster of Paris

Which of these is a commonly used moisture absorbing substance in hardening compound?

It has a limited pressure range

Which of these is a disadvantage of using the gravity percolator for embalming?

Benzaldehyde

Which of these is an example of a perfuming agent?

Non-pregnant uterus

Which of these would be the last to decompose?

Ligature test

Which test for death involves the discoloration of the distal part of a finger or toe?

Marcello Malpighi

Who was the first to note capillary circulation?

Algor mortis

the cooling of the body to the temperature of it's surroundings is

Agonal state

A moribund person is said to be in what state?

Embalming

A process of chemically treating the dead human body to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms, to retard organic decomposition, and to restore to an acceptable physical appearance is

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

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

Sectional embalming

If a body part has been mutilated, which of the following embalming procedures is recommended?

Five

If an embalmer elevated a gravity percolator ten feet above the injection site how many pounds of potential pressure would be created?

Immediately after arterial injection is completed

If you are embalming a body which has an infectious disease when should the cavity treatment procedure begin?

42 index

If you used 2 bottles of arterial fluid to make 3 1/2 gallons of a 3% solution, what would the index of the arterial fluid be.

Edematous cases

In which of the following cases will decomposition develop most rapidly?

rigor mortis

The post mortem stiffening of the body muscles is

Stomach

What body organ will produce hydrochloric acid?

Red

What color is imparted to the body by radium treatments?

Needle injector

What instrument is used as a device to facilitate the closure of the mouth?

It can be used as a topical bleach and disinfectant of the body

What is hydrogen peroxide used for in the preparation of a dead body?

The decomposition of fats

What is lipolysis?

They all are capable of bleaching the tissue

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

Putrefaction

What is the decomposition of proteins by the enzymes af anaerobic bacteria?

Saccharolysis

What is the decomposition of sugar called?

Dehydration of the superficial tissue

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

Coma

What is the mode of somatic death which begins in the brain?

False purge

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

Restricted cervical injection

What is the name given to the embalming process in which the injection of one common carotid artery is accomplished while the other common carotid is occluded.

White

What is the normal color of a nerve?

It can act as a perfuming agent

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

They impart a color to the tissue

What is the purpose of adding eosin and erythrosine to arterial fluid?

It can act as a preservative/disinfectant

What is the purpose of phenol in embalming fluids?

It lies medial and deep

What is the relationship of the femoral vein to the femoral artery?

Psoas major

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

Masseter

What muscle is injected with arterial fluid to facilitate the closure of the mouth?

1.75 index

What percentage dilute solution is created by adding 32 oz of a 28 index fluid in enough water to make 4 gallons of solution.

Carbohydrates

What substance undergoes the fermentation process?

Proteins

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

Purse string

What suture is used to close a trocar puncture?

Complete

What type of autopsy consists of the examination of the contents of the cranial and ventral cavities?

Abdominal

What type of autopsy consists of the examination of the gastrointestinal tract below the diaphragm?

Cranial Autopsy

What type of autopsy involves the post mortem examination of the brain only?

Preservatives

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?

Somatic death

What type of death is said to begin in any one of three vital organs?

Hypertonic solution

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

Femoral artery

Which blood vessel is the continuation of the external iliac artery?

Radial artery

Which blood vessel lies just lateral of the tendon of the flexor carpi radialis muscle?

Preservatives

Which chemical agents render microorganisms incapable of growth and reproduction?

Anticoagulants

Which chemical agents retard the tendency of blood to become more viscous?

Preservatives

Which chemical substances inactivate saprophytic bacteria of a body and alter the tissues of the body to render them less susceptible to decomposition?

Ophthalmoscope

Which instrument is used in the test for death involving the use of a beam of light to check for fluid movement in the retina of the eyeball?

Preservative powders

Which of the following accessory chemicals is designed to preserve tissue either by direct contact or through gaseous vapors?

The slow injection of a mild solution

Which of the following actions would help normalize the moisture content of an emaciated body?

Superior vena cava

Which of the following blood vessels is NOT suitable for the injection of arterial fluids into a small infant?

Semi-hardening arterial fluids

Which of the following embalming fluids produces maximum disinfection and preservation without causing objectionable changes in the skin texture?

Extravascular factors

Which of the following factors is NOT encountered in every dead human body?

They collapse when cut

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of an artery?

Distention of the superficial vessels

Which of the following is a reliable sign of fluid distribution?

Masseter

Which of the following muscles is injected with a hypodermic injection of cavity fluid to facilitate mouth closure?

Rigor mortis

Which of the following post mortem changes is NOT a physical change?

Double intradermal stitch

Which of the following suture patterns involves the use of two needles?

Worm stitch

Which of the following suture patterns is used to turn under the excess margins of skin in an incision?

Putrefaction

Which of the following types of decomposition yields foul odors?

The temperature of the body

Which of the following would NOT influence the choice of the artery to be used in embalming?

Brachial artery

Which of these blood vessels is located posterior to the medial border of the belly of the biceps brachii muscle?

Putrefaction of the body tissues

Which of these conditions contributes to skin-slip?

Alcoholism

Which of these conditions is associated with edema?

Post mortem caloricity

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

Compressed air

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

The disinfection of the body

Which of these is considered to be the most important aspect of the embalming operation?

Post mortem intravascular blood discoloration

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

Ante mortem extravascular blood discoloration

Which of these is the most accurate classification of petechia?

Paraformaldehyde

Which of these is the most commonly used disinfectant and preservative chemical agent in hardening compounds?

Triangular wedge

Which of these is the prescribed incision for a sclerotic blood vessel?

Paraformaldehyde

Which of these is the solid state of formaldehyde?

Gall bladder

Which of these organs will yield bile when aspirated by a trocar?

Tumors

Which of these provides extravascular resistance to fluid distribution?

Intradermal stitch

Which of these suture patterns is best suited for exposed skin?

37.0 degrees on the Celsius scale

Which of these temperatures is considered to be optimum for the growth and reproduction of bacteria?

Moribund

Which of these terms designates a person who is in the act of dying?

Cream-colored

Which of these terms is used to describe the color of the external tissue of an artery?

Internal jugular vein

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