Embalming II Lesson 1- Discolorations

postmortem discoloration

a discoloration which makes its appearance on the human body only after the death of the body.

blood discoloration

discoloration resulting from changes in blood composition, content or location.

hypodermic injections

either sectional or local, injections of chemicals designed to bleach and preserve the discolored areas.

operative aids

following arterial embalming, these may help drain the discolored area of blood. Especially when the discolored area is swollen, it may be incised directly or punctured and channeled to induce drainage of extravasated blood and accumulated serums.

true

t/f blood discolorations are easily removed by vascular injection and drainage.

livor mortis

what is the term used to describe postmortem intravascular blood discoloration.

carbon monoxide

what substance will cause antemortem intravascular blood discoloration that is cherry red?

hematoma

A localize collection of blood within tissues due to leakage from a wall of a blood vessel, producing a bluish discoloration (ecchymosis) and pain

petechia

A tiny, pinpoint red, spot caused by a blood hemorrhage

ecchymosis

-purple fading to green or yellow over time The skin discoloration caused by a bruise (contusion)

tardieu spots

Minute petechial hemorrhages caused by the rupture of minute vessels as blood settles into the dependent areas of organs and tissues; it is accompanied by Livor Mortis. A postmortem, extravascular blood discoloration. Most common in asphyxia or slow deaths

antemortem discoloration

a discoloration which appears on the human body during life. note: the fact that the stain may remain after death will not cause a change of name, it will still be called antemortem discoloration