NBE Pre-Test Science

The embalming pressure achieved in gravity embalming is

0.43 lb/ft

The maximum average level of exposure to formaldehyde over an eight hour time period is

0.75 ppm

If you use 8 of of a 16 index fluid to get one gallon of water, what would be the index of your solution?

1%

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

42 index

Any traumatic or pathological change in structure of the skin is known as

A lesion

The escape of blood serum from the intravascular to an extravascular location is

Agonal edema

The cooling off of the body to the temperature of its surroundings is

Algor mortis

Distinction of the body tissues is a complication of

Anasarca

Artery that courses along the lateral margin of the crest of the Tibea, passes through the center of the anterior surface of the ankle joint and becomes the dorsalis pedis artery?

Anterior Tibial

Which of these is not a recommended method of stimulating blood drainage?

Application of a cavity fluid compress

Vascular embalming fluids are injected into the

Arterial system

Which of these is the last of the body compounds to decompose?`

Bones

Which of the following is the prescribed method for securing the calvarium in place?

Cements, Calvarium clamps, needle injector

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

Complete

The arterial fluid injected into an edematous body will be

Diluted

A component of arterial fluids which imparts color to a solvent is a

Dye

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

Edematous cases

Changes occurring in the eyes after death include

Flattening of the eyeball, clouding, and loss of luster

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

Gall Bladder

Which of the following treatments would not be recommended for the treatment of intravascular difficulties

High Pressure

Which of the following is not an infectious disease

Hydrocephalus

The amount of HCHO measured in grams dissolved in 100 ml of water refers to

Index

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

Isotonic solutions

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

It can be used as a topical bleach and disinfect the body

Which test for death involves the discoloration of the distal parts of the fingers and toes

Ligature test

The decomposition of fats occurs by

Lipolysis

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

Postmortem Caloricity

With the embalming machine turned on and the rate of flow valve close, the type of pressure being shown on the pressure gauge is

Potential pressure

Hard Water promotes

Promotes blood clotting

What suture is used to close a trocar puncture?

Purse String

Which of the following is not a consideration of the artery and vein for injection and drainage in each case to be embalmed?

Race of the individual

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

Radial

What color is imparted to the body by radium treatments?

Red

Rigor Mortis is detrimental to the embalming process because it

Retards fluid distribution

Which of these is an example of a perfuming agent?

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

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

Spring forceps

What body organ will produce hydrochloric acid?

Stomach

The father of embalming in the US was

Thomas Holmes

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

Triangular Wedge