EMBALMING COMPEND 9
Plaster of Paris
Commonly used moisture absorbing substance in hardening compound
Putrefaction
Decomposition of proteins by the enzymes of anaerobic bacteria
Saccharolysis
Decomposition of sugar
Moribund
Designates a person who is in the act of dying
Semi-hardening arterial fluids
Embalming fluid which produces maximum disinfection and preservation without causing objectionable changes in the skin texture
Needle Injector
Instrument used as a device to facilitate the closure of the mouth
Ophthalmoscope
Instrument used in the test for death involving the use of a beam of light to check for fluid movement in the retina of the eyeball
Hydrogen Peroxide
It can be used as a topical bleach and disinfectant of the body
Coma
Mode of somatic death which begins in the brain
Paraformaldehyde
Most commonly used disinfectant and preservative chemical agent in hardening compounds?
They collapse when cut
NOT a characteristic of an artery
Gall Bladder
Organ that will yield bile when aspirated by a trocar
Rigor Mortis
Post mortem change NOT a physical change
Livor Mortis
Post mortem intravascular blood discoloration
Impart a color to the tissue
Purpose of adding eosin and erythrosine to arterial fluid
Carbohydrates
Substance undergoes the fermentation process
Proteins
Substance undergoes the process of decay by aerobic bacterial enzymes
Worm Stitch
Suture pattern used to turn under the excess margins of skin in an incision
Ligature Test
Test for death involves the discoloration of the distal part of a finger or toe
Somatic Death
Type of death said to begin in any one of three vital organs
Capable of bleaching the tissue
What is the common action of phenol, formalin and sodium hypochlorite on the tissues of the body
False Purge
What is the name given to a type of purge which has a color and odor consistent with that of arterial fluid solution?
Medial and Deep
What is the relationship of the femoral vein to the femoral artery?
Psoas Major
What muscle acts as the anatomical guide for the external iliac artery
Masseter
What muscle is injected with arterial fluid to facilitate the closure of the mouth
Purse String
What suture is used to close a trocar puncture?
Complete
What type of autopsy consists of the examination of the contents of the cranial and ventral cavities?
Abdominal
What type of autopsy consists of the examination of the gastrointestinal tract below the diaphragm?
Cranial Autopsy
What type of autopsy involves the post mortem examination of the brain only?
Preservatives
What type of chemical agents are capable of inactivating saprophytic bacteria, rendering unsuitable for nutrition the media upon which such bacteria thrive and arresting the decomposition process?
Isotonic Solution
What type of solution can be placed on opposite sides of a semi-permeable membrane without either solution attracting solvent from the other solution across the membrane?
Hypertonic Solution
What type of solution has the power to attract a solvent through a semi-permeable membrane into itself?
Hypotonic Solution
What type of solution will have its solvent drawn through a semi-permeable membrane into a more concentrated solution?
Radial
Which artery should be raised and injected to facilitate the embalming of the body between the antecubital fossa and the wrist?
Axillary Artery
Which blood vessel continues as the brachial artery?
Femoral Artery
Which blood vessel is the continuation of the external iliac artery?
Anticoagulants
Which chemical agents retard the tendency of blood to become more viscous?
Internal Jugular Vein
Which vein is considered to be the companion to the common carotid artery
Agonal State
A moribund person is said to be in what state
Petechia
Ante mortem extravascular blood discoloration
