Restorative Arts
Phenol
(Carbolic Acid) an anticeptic / disinfectant used to dry moist tissues.
Incision
a clean cut into tissue or skin.
Cavity
a hollow place or area.
Tint
a hue into which various qualities of white are mixed.
Trauma
a physical injury or wound caused by external force or violence.
Sealer
a quick drying liquid which leaves a hard, thin transparent coat or layer where moisture cannot pass thru.
Glabella
a single bony prominence of the frontal bone located between the superciliary arches in the inferior part of the frontal bone above the root of the nose.
Anchor
a technique employed to secure tissues or rastorative material in a fixed position.
Eyecap
a thin, done-like shell made of hardened cloth, metal, or plastic plastic beneath eyelids to restore natural curvature and to maintain the postion of the posed eyelids.
Suture
act of sewing; completed stitch
Postmortem
after death
Plug
any device to fill or close an opening
Fracture
broken bone
Plaster of Paris
calcium sulfate; white powdery substance which forms a quick setting paste when mixed with water.
Temporalis muscles
close to the manible, the strongest chewing muscles
Symmetry
correspondance in size, shape and relative position
Triangular fossa
depression between thr cura of the ear, the deapest depression of the ear.
Tragus
elevation protecting the air passage.
Supercilium
eyebrows
Temporal bones
inferior portion of the sides and base of the cranium, inferior to the parietal bones and anterior to the occipital bones.
Ultraviolet
invisible rays of the spectrum lying outside the violet end of the visible spectrum.
Wings of the nose
lateral lobes of the nose
Labia
lips
Pores
minute depressions of the surface of the skin.
Sternocleidomastoideus muscles
muscles that rotate and depress the head
Tenacity
property of holding fast; adhesiveness.
Turbit
refering to liquids, muddy, not clear or transparent.
Decomposition
separation of compounds into simpler subtances by the action of microbial or autolytic enzymes.
Projection
the act of throwing forward
Zygomatic Bones
the bones of th cheeks, widest part of the cheek.
Restorative Art
the care of the deceased to recreate natural form and color.
Temporal cavity
the concave surface of the head overlying the temporal bone.
Nasolabial fold
the eminence of the cheek and adjacent to the mouth.
Anterior nares
the external nostril openings.
Orbital Cavity
the eye socket.
Jawline
the inferior boarder of the mandible.
Weather line
the line of color change at the junction of the wet and dry portions of each muccous membrane.
Helix
the outer rim of the ear.
Mastoid process
the rounded projection on the inferior portion of the temporal bones just posterior to the lobes of the ear.
Philtrum
the vertical groove located medially on the superior lip.
Ramus
the vertical portion of the mandible.
Squama
the vertical surface of the temporal bone.
Recession
the withdrawl of part from its normal postion
Searing
to cauterize tissues by heat or chemical in order to provide a dry foundation.
Stain
to discolor with foreign matter; a discolored area
Repose
to lay at rest
Vertex
top of the head
Lateral
towards the side.
Pre-embalming
treatments of a restoravtive nature performed before the embalming operation.
Base pigment
white, yellow,red, and brown; four hues which correnpond to the pigments of the skin.
