Advancded Mortuary Practice Flashcards
Does computerised radiography still involve the use of plain x-ray films?
No- It instead uses digital images
Stroke: where the blood supply is stopped because of a blood clot is termed?
Ischaemic- This accounts for 85% of all cases.
Stroke: Where a weakened blood vessel supplying the Brian bursts is termed?
Haemorrhagic
What are the four guiding principles relating to actions and activities involving donations of organs and tissue for transplantion
Consent, Quality and Honesty and dignity.
Is Fetal tissue under 24 weeks gestation considered the mothers tissue?
Yes
Does fetal tissue include stillbirths after 24 weeks gestation?
No
Does the law treat fetal tissue as it would other tissue from the living?
Yes
Is tissue from neonatal deaths classed as fetal tissue?
No
What fetal anomaly is not caused by too few or too many chromosomes?
Achondroplasia
Genetic or inherited defects in the fetus cab have serious adverse affects on the child; usually referred to as defects and increase the chance of stillbirth. What are the 4 groups/types of defects?
1.Chromosonal defects (Down syndrome/Turner syndrome)
2.Single gene defects (cystic fibrosis, sickle cell amemia)
3.Dominant inheritance (Marfans, Achondroplasia)
4.Recessive inheritance (Tay-Sachs)
Give an example of a Chromosonal birth defect
(Down syndrome/Turner syndrome)
Give an example of a Single gene defect
(cystic fibrosis, sickle cell amemia)
Give an example of a dominant inheritance birth defect
(Marfans, Achondroplasia)
Give an example of a dominant inheritance birth defect
(Marfans, Achondroplasia)
Give an example of a 4.Recessive inheritance birth defect
(Tay-Sachs)
