Embalming

If you use 8 oz. of 16 index fluid and enough water to make one gallon of solution, what would be the diluted index of your solution?

1.0%

When using the gravity method of obtaining pressure for injecting arterial fluid, the embalmer can expect to receive approximately ____________ pound(s) of pressure per foot of elevation above the point of injection.

1/2

What index fluid must you use to have 2 gallons of diluted fluid with a strength of 1% if you use 16 oz. of concentrated fluid?

16

If you use 2 bottles of arterial fluid to make 2 ½ gallons of a 3% solution, what is the index of the arterial fluid?

30 index

The normal pH of the living body is

7.4

The temperature at which decomposition of the human body progresses most rapidly is:

98 degrees Fahrenheit

___________ is a condition which predisposes to intravascular difficulties.

Atherosclerosis

Which of the following is an antemortem extravascular blood discoloration?

Hematoma

Which of the following is not an infectious disease?

Hydrocephalus

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

Hypotonic solution

What is the purpose of phenol in embalming fluids?

It can act as preservative/disinfectant

The care of the deceased to recreate natural form and color is a definition which would most correctly apply to which of the following?

Restoration

That procedure of disinfection following the embalming process to protect the environment would most appropriately apply to which of the following?

Terminal disinfection

Which artery can be located along a line from the center of the antecubital fossa to a point between the fourth and fifth digits of the hand? Ulnar

Ulnar

A soapy waxy by-product of saponification is

adipocere.

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

agonal edema.

The cooling of the body to the temperature of its surrounding is

algor mortis.

A discoloration that appears on the body during life is considered

ante mortem.

One example of an intrinsic factor in case analysis is

cause of death.

The decomposition of protein by the action of aerobic bacteria is

decay

The inferior vena cava is the vein which accompanies the

descending aorta.

Damage to the valves of the heart usually occurs in cases with

endocarditis.

Postmortem stain is an extravascular change in the color of tissue due to

hemolysis.

The settling of the blood to the dependent part of the body is known as

hypostasis.

The dilution of arterial solutions by the fluid of the body is called the

secondary dilution.

Directing the trocar point toward the intersection of the fifth intercostal space and the left mid-axillary line is the trocar guide for the

stomach.

The common carotid arteries bifurcate into the internal carotid and external carotid at the level of the ___.

superior border of the thyroid cartilage.

Death beginning at the heart is termed

syncope.

An extrinsic variable factor in embalming is

time lapse between death and embalming.