DEAD Embalming Sampler 1
The embalming pressure achieved in gravity embalming is:
0.43 lb/ft
The allowed maximum average level of exposure to formaldehyde over an eight-hour time period is
0.75 ppm.
Which of these is the most accurate classification of livor mortis? 1. Post mortem intravascular blood discoloration 2. Post mortem extravascular blood discoloration 3. Ante mortem intravascular blood discoloration 4. Ante mortem extravascular blood discoloration
1. Post mortem intravascular blood discoloration
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
Which of these is the most accurate classification of petechia? 1. Ante mortem intravascular blood discoloration 2. Ante mortem extravascular blood discoloration 3. Post mortem extravascular blood discoloration 4. Post mortem intravascular blood discoloration
2. Ante mortem extravascular blood discoloration
The normal pH of the living body is
7.4
NOT an infectious disease?
hydrocephalus
Co-injection fluids are used
with arterial solutions.
Condition that is associated with edema
Alcoholism
A discoloration that appears on the body during life is considered
Ante mortem
The mixture of embalming fluid and water which is used in arterial injections is
Arterial Solution
One purpose for which cavity fluids would NOT be recommended is
Arterial injections
Hardening compound is used
As a preservative and drying agent in autopsied cases
___________ is a condition which predisposes to intravascular difficulties.
Atherosclerosis
Which of the following is NOT an intrinsic factor to be considered in case analysis?
Atmospheric conditions
Just behind the medial border of the coracobrachialis muscle is the anatomical guide for the ____________ artery.
Axillary
Which blood vessel is the origin of the brachial artery?
Axillary artery
A reliable sign of fluid distribution?
Color change
What type of autopsy consists of the examination of the contents of the cranial and ventral cavities?
Complete
An influential person in medical embalming, who discovered the circulation of blood in 1628 was:
Dr. William Harvey
The process of chemically treating a dead human body to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms, retard organic decomposition and restore an acceptable physical appearance is:
EMBALMING
An example of an intravascular resistance to fluid distribution?
Embolism
Factors that is NOT encountered in every dead human body?
Extravascular factors
The first muscle tissue to be affected by rigor mortis is
Eyes
Which blood vessel is the continuation of the external iliac artery? Axillary artery Femoral artery Internal iliac artery Common iliac artery
Femoral artery
What is the name given to a type of purge which has a color and odor consistent with that of arterial fluid solution?
Fluid Purge
What characterizes lung purge?
Frothy white or pink in color
NOT a characteristic of a jaundice fluid?
High formaldehyde content
Chemical additives that act as moisture retainers in the tissue are termed:
Humectants
What type of solution will have its solvent drawn through a semi-permeable membrane into a more concentrated solution?
Hypotonic solution
The injection pressure which just overcomes the vascular resistance and causes the embalming fluid to enter the arterial system at a moderate and uniform rate is
Ideal
Where are the iliac arteries and veins located?
In the pelvic cavity
Suture pattern that is best suited for exposed skin?
Intradermal stitch
The individual for whom "Hunters Canal" is named is
John Hunter
what treatment should be used when intravascular difficulties are manifested during the embalming process?
Low pressure, slow rate of flow
Accessory chemical is designed to preserve tissues either by direct contact or through vapor?
Preservative powders
The center of blood drainage in embalming is the
Right atrium of the heart
When embalming the autopsy case, which of the following would be utilized to inject the lower right extremity?
Right common iliac
The cooling of the body of a corpulent person would be
Slower
A blood vessel(s) is NOT suitable for the injection of arterial fluids into a small infant?
Superior vena cava
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
What procedure may be used to return the body of an emaciated case to normal contour and moisture content?
Use restricted drainage
The decomposition of protein by the action of aerobic bacteria is
Decay
The inferior vena cava is the vein which accompanies the
Descending aorta
The prescribed incision for an atherosclerotic blood vessel?
Diagonal The diagonal incision keeps the artery mostly intact for strength yet gives a longer cut line than a transverse incision. The wedge and longitudinal incisions are specifically identified by the text as poor choices.
When arterial solution is injected into an edematous body, that solution will be:
Diluted
What type of cavity treatment involves making an incision from the xiphoid process to the pubic symphysis?
Direct Incision
How can an extravascular discoloration be dealt with during the embalming process?
Discoloration can be lessened by adding a bleaching agent to the arterial fluid
The "Father of Embalming" was
Dr. Frederich Ruysch. Frederick Ruysch is the Father of Embalming, he practiced in the 1700's. Thomas Holmes was the Father of American Embalming, practicing in the mid 1800's
Which of the following is an antemortem extravascular blood discoloration? Active capillary congestion Passive capillary congestion Ecchymosis Carbon monoxide
Ecchymosis
Which of the following is an example of an intravascular resistance to fluid distribution?
Embolism
Complete cellular death always __________ somatic death.
Follows
The most common method used for arterially injecting a body today is the
Force pump
The most positive sign of death is
Generalized decomposition
The arterial injection of a jaundice case with normal arterial fluid will likely cause which kind of a discoloration?
Green
An instrument which may be used to guide an arterial or vein tube into a vessel is the
Groove director
A blood-filled swelling is descriptive of?
Hematoma
Causes a post-mortem extravascular blood discoloration?
Hemoglobin decomposition
The swelling and bursting of the red blood cells is
Hemolysis
Treatment that would NOT be recommended for the treatment of intravascular difficulties?
High pressure injection
Device found in the preparation room that uses water pressure to create a vacuum?
Hydroaspirator
According to the nine region plan, what abdominal region is superior and lateral to the umbilical region?
Hypochondriac
The settling of the blood to the dependent part of the body is known as
Hypostasis
An influential person in medical embalming who was the first to make embalming available to the public is
Jean Gannal
Improper positioning of the head on the headrest may interfere with drainage from the
Jugular vein
Treatment to be used for the embalming of dehydrated body?
Large volume of a dilute solution
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 32 x C1 = 2.5 x 128 x 3
Temperature that is considered to be optimum for the growth and reproduction of pathogenic bacteria?
37.0 degrees on the Celsius scale
What type of autopsy consists of the examination of the gastrointestinal tract below the diaphragm?
Abdominal
The method of drainage in relation to injection in which an amount of arterial fluid is injected and then drainage is allowed to flow for a period of time, each one separately is the _____________ method.
Alternate
Which of the following are the first products of decomposition? Fatty acids Amino acids Indole Cadaverine
Amino Acids
An accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity is? Distention of the body tissue is a complication of?
Anasarca
Any surface, prominence, or structure which is used in establishing the location of an adjacent structure is a(n)
Anatomical guide
Which of these is the most accurate classification of petechia?
Ante mortem extravascular blood discoloration
is NOT a recommended method of stimulating blood drainage?
Application of a cavity fluid compress
Arteriosclerosis is a condition caused by the presence of _____________ in the arterial tunics.
Calcium deposits
An example of an intravascular ante-mortem blood discoloration?
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Hemolysis complicates the embalming process because it:
Causes a stain
The prescribed method for securing the calvarium in place?
Cements Calvarium clamps Needle injector
Who established a method of embalming without evisceration?
Clauderus
The action of formaldehyde on protein is
Coagulation
What should the relative temperature of the primary dilution water to be embalm a severely dehydrated case?
Cold
An example of an air pressure apparatus used to embalm a body?
Compressed air
The disinfection which take place during the arterial injection portion of the embalming process is called:
Concurrent disinfection
Embalming fluid type that provides disinfection and preservation without causing objectionable changes in the skin texture?
Cosmetic arterial fluids
When embalming the autopsy case, what would be utilized to inject the upper left extremity?
Left Subclavian
Who was the first to note capillary circulation?
Marcello Malpighi
Special cranial cavity treatment is indicated in cases of :
Meningitis
The passing of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from an area of lesser concentration to an area of greater concentration is the definition of
Osmosis
The most commonly used disinfectant and preservative chemical agent in hardening compounds?
Paraformaldehyde
Condition that would predispose a dead human body to rapid decomposition?
Peritonitis
Which of the following conditions would predispose a dead human body to rapid decomposition? Refrigeration Dehydration Peritonitis Hemorrhage
Peritonitis
Pin-point hemorrhage refers to
Petechia
NOT a component of hardening compounds?
Phenol
The hardening agent in hardening compounds is
Plaster of Paris
The most accurate classification of livor mortis?
Post mortem intravascular blood discoloration
The temporary rise in body temperature after death is called:
Postmortem caloricity
With the embalming machine turned on and the rate of flow valve closed, the type of pressure being shown on the pressure gauge is
Potential pressure
The passing of arterial solution through the capillary wall, caused by positive intravascular pressure is
Pressure Filtration
What substance undergoes the process of decay by aerobic bacterial enzymes?
Proteins
What muscle act as the anatomical guide for the external iliac artery?
Psoas major
The color of cadaveric lividity can best be described as?
Purple
What is the decomposition of proteins by the enzymes of anaerobic bacteria?
Putrefaction
Which blood vessel lies just lateral of the tendon of the flexor carpi radialis muscle?
Radial artery
Which of the following is NOT an intrinsic factor in case analysis?
Refrigeration
When treating blisters, three of these choices are proper procedures. Select the one which is NOT accepted as proper technique.
Remove loose integument before embalming
Post mortem change that is NOT a physical change?
Rigor Mortis
What is the decomposition of sugar called
Saccharolysis
In an exanthematous disease, which of the following would best describe the skin?
Scaling
What type of anticoagulant will breakup clots by causing the mineral particles of the blood to fall out of suspension?
Sequestering agents
Death beginning by failure of one of the vital organs of the body is? What type of death is said to begin in any one of three vital organs?
Somatic death
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
Incision is located along the superior border of the medial one-third of the clavicle?
Supraclavicular incision
Who is responsible for creating the secondary dilution of the arterial solution?
The body of the deceased
NOT an influence on the choice of the artery to be used in embalming?
The temperature of the body
NOT a cause of extravascular resistance to fluid distribution?
Thickened blood
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
A condition that creates intravascular resistance to fluid distribution?
Vascular disease
Which of the following conditions creates intravascular resistance to fluid distribution? Rigor mortis Tumors Vascular disease Weight of viscera
Vascular disease
What classifications serves as the medium in which the many ingredients of an embalming fluid are dissolved?
Vehicle
A suture that is described as a recommended hidden stitch which could be used on a cranial autopsy?
Worm
Jaundice fluid is classified as
a special arterial fluid
The femoral artery originates at a point behind the center of the inguinal ligament and terminates at the opening in the ___________ muscle.
adductor magnus
The method of creating injection pressure that incorporates air being forced under pressure into the fluid chamber to displace the embalming fluid into the body is
air pressure.
The post mortem loss of body heat is
algor mortis
The ___________ artery courses along the lateral margin of the crest of the tibia, passes through the center of the anterior surface of the ankle joint and becomes the dorsalis pedis artery.
anterior tibial
The linear guide for the femoral artery is from the
center of the inguinal ligament to the center of the medial condyle of the femur
The action of CH20 (formaldehyde) on protein is
coagulation
NOT classified as a chemical change?
desiccation
In cases where death is accompanied by high fever
drainage is usually a problem due to increased blood viscosity
An antemortem extravascular blood discoloration
ecchymosis
Edema within the pleural cavity is
hydrothorax
An embalming instrument used to hypodermically inject areas of the body with embalming chemicals is a(n)
hypo-valve trocar.
What would NOT affect the rate of flow?
increasing index of injection solution
Continuous injection of arterial solution with drainage taken at intervals is called
intermittent
A secondary dilution as related to the embalming operation
is caused by blood and lymph.
In case of emaciation, secondary dilution would be
less than usual
The decomposition of fats occurs by
lipolysis
An incision into a vessel that is parallel to the long axis of a blood vessel is the
longitudinal incision
Clear embalming fluid is usually purged from the nose and mouth during preparation of cases dead of pulmonary tuberculosis because the
lung capillaries are weakened by disease
From the center of the popliteal space to a point midway between the medial malleolus and the calcaneus bone is the linear guide for the
posterior tibial artery
Chemicals which inactivate saprophytic bacteria and alter tissues so as to render them less susceptible to decomposition are
preservatives
The process of injection and drainage in which both common carotids are raised is referred to as
restricted cervical
The lymph fluids of the body help to promote
secondary dilution
The right common carotid artery begins at the level of the
sternoclavicular articulation
The common carotid arteries bifurcate into the internal carotid and external carotid at the level of the ___.
superior border of the thyroid cartilage
The secondary dilution of embalming solution occurs when
the injected arterial solution mixes with the body fluids
The motorized force pump
uses centrifugal force
A blister is also known as a
vesicle
The initial color change of decomposing tissue is
yellow-green
An extrinsic variable factor in embalming is: A. Time lapse between death and embalming B. Fever C. Autolysis D. Body weight
A. Time lapse between death and embalming
