Embalming 3 week 2
Considered the most secure and the most commonly used, this airtight suture is often used for closing the long incisions on the autopsied body.
Baseball suture
Arteriosclerotic arteries are only encountered in the elderly.
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At 1 year of age, body water is about the same as the adult level of 70% of total body weight.
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At birth, body water is approximately 50% of total body weight
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Ideally, while you are injecting the autopsied body, you should let the drainage sit in the cavity for as long as possible, to allow any formaldehyde to preserve the trunk.
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If the mandible or maxilla of an elderly person have atrophied, it would be best to use the needle injector as the method of mouth closure.
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In general, if a case is reported to the medical examiner, an autopsy MUST be performed.
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In the autopsied body, the trunk should be injected first to observe tissue reaction to the chemical used.
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It is not important to know the relationship of body water and body fat when embalming infants.
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It is not possible to use intermittent or alternate drainage techniques when embalming the autopsied body.
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Mouth closure and lip closure describe the same thing.
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Senile purpura is an intravascular blood discoloration.
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The discolorations known as senile purpura can be removed by arterial injection/venous drainage.
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The embalmer is required to return viscera to the trunk of the body prior to suturing it closed.
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The needle injector is the best method to use to close the mouth of an elderly person.
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The needle injector is the best method to use to close the mouth of an infant.
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The really good embalmer does not have to inject each section of the autopsied body separately.
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The recommended vessels for embalming the unautopsied infant include the common carotid artery, the femoral artery, and the axillary artery.
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The recommended vessels for embalming the unautopsied infant include the common carotid artery, the femoral artery, the abdominal aorta, and the ascending aorta.
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You should use the same pressure and rate of flow on each part of the autopsied body you are injecting.
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You should use the same volume and strength of arterial solution on each part of the autopsied body you are injecting.
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The problem with using the axillary artery to inject the arm of the autopsied body is that the shoulder, the upper portions of the back, and the deep muscles of the neck do not receive arterial solution distribution.
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When suturing the scalp, you should begin sutures on the right side of the head and end them on the left side.
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If senile purpura is seen over the hands and arms of the deceased, a slow rate of flow is recommended. Why?
To prevent the possible further rupture of fragile capillaries
Which of the following vessels should be clamped when injecting the head using the common carotid arteries?
internal carotid arteries
Tissue transplantation would NOT include:
liver
Any part of the body exercising a specific functions, such as respiration, secretion, or digestion.
organ
Viscera from the autopsied body:
should be treated with a minimum of two bottles of undiluted cavity fluid.
A collection of similar cells and the intercellular substances surrounding them:
tissue
If the eye has been enucleated, which of the following is recommended as one way to help control the swelling of eyelids during embalming:
use restricted cervical injection
To embalm the legs of a heart/lung donor:
use the femoral arteries
Which of the following would not apply to the autopsied body?
using the trocar for aspiration and cavity fluid injection
When removing the spinal column, the _____ approach involves opening the vertebral column from within the body cavities and cervical area.
ventral
Which of the following vessels should be clamped when a complete autopsy (head and trunk) has been done and you are injecting the arms using the subclavian arteries?
vertebral arteries
Recovery of these involves removing sections of the spinal column:
vertebral bodies
The infant body can firm as strongly as that of an adult
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A waterless solution is generally the term used when coinjection chemicals are used instead of water to create the arterial solution.
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At birth, body fat is approximately 12% of total body weight
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In general, arterial solution volume for the 4-to-12-year-old child should be greater than that used for an infant but smaller than used on an adult.
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Infant skin can easily distend and wrinkle upon injection of arterial solution.
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It is possible to close the mouth of the deceased, but be unable to close the lips.
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It is recommended that the embalmer use preinjection fluid as the preservative solution for embalming infants because their skin is very delicate.
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