Embalming Quiz
The STEL (short term exposure limit) maximum exposure level for formaldehyde is:
2.0
The short term exposure limit (STEL) for HCHO is:
2.0 ppm
When embalming the adolescent and adult with a contagious disease the concentration of the embalming mixture should be?
2.3 - 3.0
The pressure required for the instant tissue fixation method would be ____?
20 lbs or more
Training records must be kept by employers for how long from the date of the training session?
3 years
The recommended amount of cavity fluid to be used in the average body that weighs between 160 & 180 pounds would be:
32 to 48 ounces
When embalming a body that has been decomposed you should use a _________ index fluid.
32-35
The standard amount of cavity fluid used per body is?
32-48 ounces
The colloidal dispersions in cells absorb molecules from surrounding interstitial tissue fluids?
Absorption
The pressure which is indicated by the injector gauge needle when the arterial tube is open and the arterial solution is flowing into the body:
Actual
A bronze discoloration produced in the skin is usually a result or symptom of?
Addison's disease
A condition of the body which results in capillary expansion prior to death, which results in an increase of moisture in the tissue and in the body cavities is known as:
Agonal edema
A period that can extend from hours, to days or even months before the death of an individual is known as the :
Agonal period
The expansion of capillary system enables microbes to pass in to the circuitry system and accelerates decomposition, which can take place in two or three hours before death and can cause tissue gas. This process would be known as:
Agonal translocation
Somatic death occurs in a body not just when spontaneous respiration and heart beat irreversibly cease, but when the cells die from:
Anoxia (no oxygen)
What artery is known as the center of circulation of a dead human body?
Arch of the aorta
What is the center of arterial solution distribution in the dead human body?
Arch of the aorta
When performing blunt dissection, the presence of vasa vasorum may be seen on the surface of?
Arteries
The breakdown of cells by their own digestive enzymes is known as:
Autolysis
Just behind the medial border of the coracobrachialis muscle is the anatomical guide or which artery?
Axillary
When embalming an unautopsied body which one of the following arteries is the least used?
Axillary
Which of the following would NOT be a method of improving arterial solution distribution?
Decrease pressure
The use of a strong arterial fluid on a normal embalming case will cause?
Dehydration
Which of the following should not be expected when preparing a drowning victim?
Dehydration
A method of mouth closure accomplished by tying a thread around a tooth on the upper jaw and a thread around a tooth on the lower jaw then tying the two together?
Dental tie
After the transfer of remains from a hospital to the funeral home, the funeral director should:
Disinfect and sanitize mortuary cot and clean and sanitize interior surfaces of transfer vehicle
A component of arterial fluid which kill or render disease causing microorganisms incapable of reproducing?
Disinfectant
Germicidal agents in dry powder form contain volatile agents that disinfect and preserve largely by chemical fumes they liberate:
Embalming powder
Which of the following would not be considered an expert test for deaths?
Feeling for a pulse
The linear guide for the femoral artery is?
From the center of the inguinal ligament to the center of the medial condyle of the femor
The linear guide for the common carotid artery is?
From the sternoclavicular articulation to the anterior surface of the ear
Extravascular settling of embalming solution by gravitational force into the dependent areas of the body?
Gravity filtration
The use and requirement to keep material safety data sheets is required under which OSHA rule?
Hazard Communication
When considering the common carotid artery a precaution that should be considered when selecting this artery ?
Head may be over injected
Which of the following would be an example of closed drainage?
Heart tap
What material passes from the blood cells through the walls of capillaries, resulting in postmortem stain which cannot be removed by arterial injection:
Heme
An example of a modifying agent which helps retain moisture in tissue and prevents dehydration?
Humectant
In performing in embalming analysis which of the following considerations would not be an intrinsic factor?
Humidity
During your embalming analysis while you are injecting the body, which is not an option to stimulate the flow of arterial solution?
Hypodermic injetion
Which of the following is not a sign of decomposition?
Hypostasis
After death the cells of the body pull surrounding moisture into them, which draws moisture from the capillaries, this is known as:
Imbibition
The embalming complications of edema (ascites) or edema of the lower extremities, increased ammonia in the tissue, purge cause by rupture or esophageal veins, gastrointestinal bleeding, fluid loss, hair loss and jaundice would be a result of what disease?
Liver failure
The following should be in place constantly in the funeral home prep room:
MSDS book, proper signs and labels, Eye wash station and quick drench shower
A body that has been refrigerated for more than 12 hours with some rigor and livor should be treated by which method?
Moderate to strong solutions, large volume of solution
In considering the following factors for embalming, which would be an intrinsic factor?
Moisture content
The process of injecting both common carotid arteries?
Multipoint
The method of mouth closure in which a needle is passed through the nostrils and through the tissue where the lower lip joins the gum would be known as ____?
Muscular suture
Hepatitis B vaccinations....
Must be offered to all employees at the expense of the funeral home
Which government regulation requires employers to monitor the amount of formaldehyde present in the workplace?
OSHA formaldehyde Standard
After injection surgical incisions should be treated how?
Opened and resutured with baseball suture
The passage of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a dilute to concentrated solution is known as ______?
Osmosis
The passage of solvent from a solution of lesser to one of greater solute concentration when the two solutions are separated by a semipermeable membrane is known as what?
Osmosis
The specific exposure limit established for a chemical is referred to as:
PEL. Permissible exposure limit
Which of the following deals directly with attire?
PPE. Personal protective equipment
When considering the axillary artery for arterial injection, one of the considerations not to its advantage ?
Possibility of over injecting the facial tissue
The common carotid artery is described in what relationship to the jugular vein?
Posterior and medial
Immediately after death, in most cases the muscles move to a state called primary flaccidity, the body pH drops below 7.3 which brings the onset of:
Postmortem caloricity
An example of an intravascular resistance would be?
Postmortem coagula
The pink tissue present in refrigerated bodies prior to embalming could be the result of:
Postmortem stain
When you set the pressure on the pressure gauge in the machine with the rate of flow valve closed is known as:
Potential pressure
Which of the following is not a purpose of drainage?
Preservation
A major biochemical of the body which is the principal constituent of tissue, tendons, ligaments, skin, hair and nails, in which hydrolysis begins the process of decomposition:
Proteins
After primary injection in the right common carotid, upon evaluation of the body the embalmer realizes the left hand has not received fluid. The embalmers next step would be:
Raise and inject the axillary artery
When you're injecting a body, the amount of solution that enters the body in a given period of time and is usually measured by ounces per minute is the:
Rate of flow
The first step in the mouth closure procedure would be?
Relieve rigor mortis
What would be the treatment for an abdominal feeding tube?
Remove after embalming
How would a tracheotomy tube be treated when embalming?
Removed before embalming
A method of injection where both common carotid arteries are raised?
Restricted cervical
Bodies with facial trauma should be injected using which one of the following methods?
Restricted cervical
An injection in which the right common carotid and the left common carotid are both raised and ligated to inject the head separately from the body?
Restricted cervical injection
A body showing evidence of decomposition should be treated with the following procedure?
Restricted cervical injection, strong solution, dye for tracer, sectional treatment where needed
The center of drainage of the dead human body is the _______?
Right atrium
When embalming the adult human body that has been autopsied the first artery to be injected would be the?
Right iliac
After death oxygen is used up in the muscle tissue, more lactic acid is formed than pyruvic acid, therefore ATP cannot be resynthesized resulting in:
Rigor mortis
The following deals directly with hazardous chemicals:
STEL, MSDS and TWA (time waited average)
The dilution of the embalming solution that occurs in the tissues and interstitial fluid of the body is known as _____?
Secondary dilution
One of the following is not a problem associated with embalming bodies in the state of rigor mortis?
Secondary flaccidity
What would be the first option of treatment for areas not receiving sufficient arterial fluid?
Secondary injection point
When gas is detected in the tissue and neither odor nor skin skip is present this would be known as _____?
Subcutaneous emphysema
The common carotid arteries terminate at the level of the?
Superior border of the thyroid cartilage
What chemicals help reduce the molecular cohesion at the surface of a liquid and allow it to flow through smaller openings?
Surfactants
Which of the following should not be done before arterial injection?
Suture broken skin
Which of the following procedures would not be done pre-embalming?
Suture incisions
The average exposure level over an eight hour period is known as?
TWA - time waited average
On the surface of the forearm from the center of the antecubital fossa to a point between the fourth and fifth fingers is the linear guide for the?
Ulnar artery
Within the nine region plan of the abdominal division, the central region is termed the :
Umbilical
The majority of problems caused by short circuiting of arterial solution is a result of which of the following?
Unrestricted drainage
If you were to direct the trocar point toward intersection of median line and public bone keeping it well up toward the abdominal wall until it touches the bone; then withdraw about 1/2 inch and dip the point into what organ?
Urinary bladder
When considering the femoral artery for injection of the entire body, a consideration that would not be in the favour of using this artery?
Vessel may be very deep
The following are required and recommended barrier attire:
Whole body gown or apron, gloves, shoe cover, head cover, and oral nasal mask
When suturing the cranial incision on an autopsied body the suture is :
a baseball beginning right to left
A sign of decomposition in which hydrogen sulfide produced in the colon reacts with hemoglobin?
a green colour on the right quadrant of the abdomen
The suture that is considered the tightest and most commonly used?
baseball suture
A suture used for alignment, during and after the embalming and they are temporary?
bridge suture
The method of heart removal ?
cardiectomy
Terminal disinfection would be the act of?
cleaning the embalming room
When embalming the elderly the artery least likely to be sclerotic?
common carotid
Bodies in the state of rigor mortis have very little preservative demand because?
construction of tissue does not allow fluid to penetrate
When a dermatone is used in tissue recovery, one of the major problems for the embalmer is to?
control leakage from the area and or change the discolouration
A supplemental embalming treatment for the mouth would be?
cotton in cavity fluid over the teeth
Which of the following would not be an advantage when embalming a body that has been refrigerated longer than six hours?
increased coagula in vascular system
Treatment of the buttocks, thighs and flanks when not receiving enough preservative fluid would be accomplished by?
injected with cavity fluid with an infant trocar
When suturing the incision for the common carotid artery you suture?
medial to lateral after aspirating
What part of the human body would you find the thyroid gland?
neck
Eyelids needing additional preservative may be treated by?
placing cotton with cavity fluid under the lids
Which of the following is not a pathological condition resulting from nephritis?
rash along the spinal coloumn
The deep discoloration in the face usually found on a hanging victim often can be cleared by?
relieving the pressure
The treatment after eye enucleation, the method of choice would be?
restricted cervical injection
Which of the following sutures would be used to close the opening from the trocar after aspiration?
reverse stitch aka purse string
In what region would you find the cecum?
right inguinal
Any body that has had a delay in embalming, which is on autopsied, the injection protocol of choice would be?
six point injection
If you were to aspirate hydrochloric acid, undigested food, blood and gases, which organ would you be aspirating?
stomach
If you were to direct the trocar point toward the fifth intercostal space and left of the mid axillary line which organ would you pierce?
stomach
When you aspirated hydrochloric acid, undigested food, blood and gases, which organ have you pierced?
stomach
Which of the following would not be a problem associated with embalming bodies in rigor mortis?
tissue dehydration
Which of the following devices should be removed before embalming?
tracheostomy tube
Which of the following would be a reason for reaspirating a body?
when purge is present
The scalp of an autopsied infant should be sutured with which of the following suture ?
worm suture
A thrombus in the iliac veins would do which of the following?
decrease drainage from lower extremities
In what regions would you find the stomach?
epigastric and left hypocondriac
The second largest non thoracic artery is:
femoral artery
When suturing after embalming an autopsy case the operator should suture from where to where?
from the pubic symphysis superiorly
Which of the following would not be a reason for using a low pressure and low rate of flow when injecting a body with a long delay between death and embalming?
helps to break free blockages
The treatment of a body which has had a heart and lung removal would use what arteries to prepare the arms and shoulders?
hypodermic injection
The treatment of the abdominal walls after abdominal cavity organ removal would be accomplished by?
hypodermic injection
Which of the following would be an example of intravascular resistance?
arteriosclerosis
What percentage of mixtures of chemicals which contain ingredients classified as a carcinogen, teratogenic, or mutagen considered hazards?
0.1%
The permissible exposure limit (PEL) for formladehyde is:
0.75 ppm
The pressure on the drainage material leaving the veins during arterial injection is approximately ______ ?
1/2 pound
When using a gravity injector or a cavity fluid injector you create how many pounds of pressure for every foot you raise the device above the body?
1/2 pound
A rough rule of thumb is that the air in the prep room should change:
10-20 times per hour
The STEL time limit for formaldehyde is:
15 minutes
When embalming the 4 to 12 year old you should use a fluid with an index of?
18-25 index
Which fluid controls humectants and formaldehyde and restores vitally essential non-coagulating hydrophilic agents?
Co-injection fluid
The anatomical guide for what artery is along the medial border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle?
Common carotid
The amount of formaldehyde measured in grams dissolved in 100ml of water is known as?
Index
What chemicals cause visible destruction of living tissue by chemical action at the site of contact?
Irritants
Which would not be considered an accessory embalming chemical?
Jaundice fluid
Tetrasodium Diacetic Acid isolates or fences off blood calcium and inhibits farther coagulation is an example of what?
Sequestering agent
Embalming in which only the skin and superficial portions of the body receive arterial fluid?
Shell embalming
An injection in which the artery is injected at one location and the vein is drained from another?
Split injection
When obtaining permission for organ recovery, the order of priority of next to kin is?
Spouse, adult child, either parent, adult sibling, guardian
A body with generalized edema should be treated with which of the following procedure?
Start with solution of a little above normal strength, continue to increase, if circulation is poor increase to very strong solutin
The right common carotid artery begins at the level of?
Sternoclavicular articulation
A foul smelling liquid having the appearance of coffee grounds would be purge originating from the:
Stomache
What instrument would be used to control the rate of flow of the arterial fluid either at or immediately preceding the aerial tube?
Stopcock
The lymphatic system empties into which of the following veins?
Subclavian
What would be the first place rigor mortis enters the body, and also the first place it leaves the body
The eye lids
Which of the following is common to both arteries and veins?
They have vasa vasorum
The linear guide for the axillary artery is:
Through the center of the axillary space parallel to the long axis of the upper extremity when abducted
Gas in a dead human body as a result of Clostridium perfringens is known as _____?
Tissue gas
Which of the following should be removed pre-embalming?
Tracheotomy tubes
The method most commonly used to open an artery or vein?
Transverse incision
Which of the following is NOT a sign of arterial solution distribution?
absence of livor mortis
Fly eggs appearing in the corner of the eyes may be killed with?
acetone
Mouth closure of an infant should be accomplished by?
adhesive
The incision used for the purpose of arterial injection should be closed at what time?
after aspiration
When embalming a body that has frozen tissue you should?
allow body to warm gradually by letting it sit several hours
When performing the restricted cervical injection on a body that has had a long delay between death in preparation, has intense rigor mortis, has been refrigerated for a long time, or decomposition is evident, the left carotid remains open for?
allow fluid unrestricted flow
