DEAD Program: Embalming
The allowed maximum average level of exposure to formaldehyde over an eight hour time period is
0.75 ppm.
Which of the following is an extrinsic factor to be considered in embalming a dead body?
Atmospheric conditions
Which of these is an example of a perfuming agent?
Benzaldehyde
Which of these is the last of the body compounds to decompose?
Bone
Which of the blood vessels is located posterior to the medial border of the belly of the biceps brachii muscle?
Brachial artery
What substance undergoes the fermentation process?
Carbohydrates
Which of the following men established a method of embalming without evisceration?
Clauderus
What is the mode of somatic death which begins in the brain?
Coma
The disinfection which take place during the arterial injection portion of the embalming process is called:
Concurrent disinfection
An influential person in medical embalming, who discovered the circulation of blood in 1628 was
Dr. William Harvey
In which of the following cases will decomposition develop most rapidly?
Edematous cases
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
The first people believed to have practiced cremation were the
Greeks
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 has the power to attract a solvent through a semi-permeable membrane into itself?
Hypertonic solution
What type of solutions can be placed on opposite sides of a semi-permeable membrane without either solution attracting solvent from the other solution across the membrane?
Isotonic solutions
Which of the following treatments would be used for the embalming of dehydrated body?
Large volume of a dilute solution
The first muscle tissue to be affected by rigor mortis is
eyes
The most common method used for arterially injecting a body today is the
force pump.
An instrument which may be used to guide an arterial or vein tube into a vessel is the
groove director.
An embalming instrument used to hypodermically inject areas of the body with embalming chemicals is a(n)
hypo-valve trocar.
A secondary dilution as related to the embalming operation
is caused by blood and lymph.
The ulnar artery lies along the ___________ border of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle.
lateral
The decomposition of fats occurs by
lipolysis
The first body compounds to decompose are the
mucous membranes
The Egyptians immersed bodies in
natron solution
The passage of water from the capillaries into the intercellular spaces, or from intercellular space into capillaries is referred to as ___.
osmosis
The _____________ artery which originates at the opening in the adductor magnus muscle, terminates at the inferior border of the popliteous muscle.
popliteal
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 right common carotid artery begins at the level of the
sternoclavicular articulation
Death beginning at the heart is termed
syncope
Which of these condition contributes to skin-slip?
the body lying in water after death for a few hours
During embalming, the head should be
tilted to the right approximately 15 degrees
An extrinsic variable factor in embalming is
time lapse between death and embalming.
What is the normal color of a nerve?
white
Which of the following treatments should be used when intravascular difficulties are manifested during the embalming process?
Low pressure, slow rate of flow
Who was the first to note capillary circulation?
Marcello Malpighi
Which of the following muscles is injected with a hypodermic injection of cavity fluid to reinforce mouth closure?
Masseter
That method of mouth closure which employs wires attached to small tacks which are inserted into the upper and lower jaw is called the
Needle Injector.
Which of the following are liquids or gels that help treat skin slip, gangrene and surface ulcerations?
Pack applications
Which of the following conditions would predispose a dead human body to rapid decomposition?
Peritonitis
Which of these is the most accurate classification of livor mortis?
Post mortem intravascular blood discoloration
What type of anticoagulant will breakup clots by causing the mineral particles of the blood to fall out of suspension?
Precipitants
What is the decomposition of proteins by the enzymes of anaerobic bacteria?
Putrefaction
Which of the following types of decomposition yields foul odors?
Putrefaction
In an exanthematous disease, which of the following would best describe the skin?
Scaling
Which of these blood vessels is the origin of the axillary artery?
Subclavian artery
Who is responsible for creating the secondary dilution of the arterial solution?
The body of the deceased
Which of the following is NOT a cause of extravascular resistance to fluid distribution?
Thickened blood
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 upper extremity?
Ulnar
Which of these sutures is NOT suited for closing an incision on an exposed area of the body?
Whip or roll stitch
Which of the following sutures is described as a recommended hidden stitch which could be used on a cranial autopsy?
Worm
The post mortem loss of body heat is
algor mortis.
What should the relative temperature of the primary dilution water to be embalm a severely dehydrated case?
cold
The decomposition of protein by the action of aerobic bacteria is
decay.
Which of the following is not classified as a chemical change?
desiccation (dryness)
When arterial solution is injected into an edematous body, that solution will be:
diluted
The amount of arterial fluid necessary to make one gallon of solution at 2% strength using a 20 index fluid is
12.8 oz.
Which of these temperatures is considered to be optimum for the growth and reproduction of pathogenic bacteria?
37.0 degrees on the celsius scale
