FINAL EXAM EMBALMING
agonal state
A moribund person is said to be in what state?
sectional embalming
If a body part has been mutilated, which of the following embalming procedures is recommended?
42 index
If you use 2 bottles of arterial fluid to make 3 1/2 gallons of a 3% solution, the fluid index is
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 is the
algor mortis
The cooling of the body to the temperature of its surroundings is
force pump
The most common method used for arterially injecting a body today is the
paraformaldehyde
The most commonly used disinfectant and preservative chemical agent in hardening compounds is
rigor mortis
The most mortem stiffening of the body muscles is
rigor mortis
The pressure at which arterial fluid must be injected to overcome the initial resistance?
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?
the decomposition of fats
What is lipolysis?
putrefication
What is the decomposition of proteins by the enzymes of anaerobic bacteria?
saccharolysis
What is the decomposition of sugar cold?
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?
white
What is the normal color of the nerve?
they impact a color to the tissue
What is the purpose of adding eosin and erythrosine to arterial fluid?
it can act as a perfuming agent
What is the purpose of adding oil of wintergreen to an embalming fluid?
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 mouth?
masseter
What muscle is injected with the hypodermic (cavity) to facilitate mouth closure?
carbohydrates
What substance undergoes the fermentation process?
purse string
What suture is used to close a trocar puncture?
cranial autopsy
What type of autopsy involves the post mortem examination of the brain only
somatic death
What type of death is said to begin in any three vital organs?
in the pelvic
Where are the iliac arteries and veins located?
in the neck
Where is the common carotid artery found?
axillary artery
Which blood vessel continues as the brachial artery?
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?
Superior vena cava
Which blood vessels is NOT suitable for injection of arterial fluids into a small infant?
preservatives
Which chemical agents render microorganisms incapable of growth and reproduction?
anticoagulants
Which chemical agents retard the tendency of blood to become more viscous?
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?
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?
putrefication
Which of the following types of decomposition yields foul orders?
hypostasis of the blood
Which of there is NOT a sign of decomposition?
it will help retard the coagulation of protein
Which of there is NOT an expressed purpose for the use of massage cream on the body?
putrefaction of the body tissues
Which of these conditions contributes to skin-slip?
Alcoholism
Which of these conditions is associated with edema?
hydroaspirator
Which of these devices found in the preparation room uses water pressure to create a vacuum?
it has limited pressure range
Which of these disadvantages of using the gravity percolator for embalming?
scalpel
Which of these embalming instruments is used to make an incision?
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?
compressed air
Which of these is an example of an air pressure apparatus used to embalm a body
postmortem caloricity
Which of these is an example of pre-embalming chemical change in a body?
plaster of paris
Which of these is commonly used moisture absorbing substances in hardening compound?
the disinfection of the body
Which of these is considered to be the most important aspect of the embalming operation?
to increase the secondary dilution of the arterial fluid
Which of these is not a stated objective of drainage procedures?
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?
diagonal
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 pattern is best suited for exposed skin?
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?
benzaldehyde
Which of these us an example of a perfuming agent?
non-pregnant uterus
Which of these would be the last to decompose?
worm stitch
Which suture patterns is used to turn under the excess margins of skin in an incision?
37.0 degrees on the celsius scale
Which temperature is considered to be optimum for the growth and reproduction of bacteria?
ligature test
Which test for death involves the discoloration of the distal part of a finger or toe
internal jugular vein
Which vein is considered to be the companion to the common carotid artery?
edematous cases
in which of the following cases will decomposition develop most rapidly?
an active dye
the key ingredient of arterial fluid classified as a cosmetic fluid
it is the primary injection solution
which is the most accurate description of the pre-injection solution
the slow injection of a mild solution
which of the following actions would help normalize the moisture content of an astringent
