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Used to close small punctures or holes. A series of small stitches are made through the skin around the circumference of the impending. The ends of the thread are then knotted.
Purse String Suture
The body is erect, feet together, palms facing forward, and thumbs are pointed away from the body.
Anatomical Position
below the surface
DEEP
The vertical restraining fold of mucous membrane on the midline of the inside of each lip connecting the lip with the gum.
FRENULUM
Created by means of two imaginary planes, one horizontal and the other mid-sagittal. Named Upper right quadrant, upper left quadrant, lower right quadrant, lower left quadrant
FOUR REGION ANATOMICAL PLAN
dissimilarities existing in the two sides or halves of an object.
BILATERAL DIFFERENCES
Individual stitch knotted at the tissue edge. It is normally used as a temporary stitch and may be applied prior to embalming to align tissues.
Bridge SutureTemporary Interrupted Suture
A line drawn or visualized on the surface of the skin to represent the approximate location of some deeper-lying structure.
LINEAR GUIDE
Toward the back.
POSTERIOR
the nostrils.
NARES
Temporary suture used to bring and hold the lips of the incision together before and during embalming until a more permanent closure and repair is made. Can also be used to assist in permanent closure when using sealant. This stitch is usually used on exposed areas
Figure Eight
Inner lining of the eye that receives the images formed by the lens and transmits those images to the brain through the optic nerve.
RETINA
Space between the roof of the mouth and the floor of the cranial cavity
NASAL CAVITY
Anatomically towards the head.
SUPERIOR
The non protein portion of hemoglobin; the red pigment of the hemoglobin.
HEME
the discipline dealing with moral duty and obligation.
ETHICS
An expression of the definition of mammals The number of teeth are given in form of a fraction, with the number of upper teeth over the number of lower teeth Using I for incisor, c for canine, b for bicuspid, pm for premolar, and m for molar, the dental formula of man is: 2-2 1-1 2-2 3-3 = 32 2-2 1-1 2-2 3-3 i c b or m pm
DENTAL FORMULA
Intravascular: the increase of viscosity of blood brought about by the clumping of particulate formed elements in the blood vessels which is a specific type of congealing.
Agglutination
a part that is prominent beyond a surface, like a knob
PROTUBERANCE
A list of dead to be prayed for.
DEATH BILL
Vestibule of the oral cavity; the space between the lips, gums, and teeth.
BUCCAL CAVITY
(buck teeth) oblique insertion of the teeth.
DENTAL PROGNATHISM
Microorganisms (Colon Bacillus) found normally in the colon
COLIFORM ORGANISMS .
slanting or inclined, neither perpendicular nor horizontal.
OBLIQUE
The cavity or opening of a vein, artery, or intestine. The further away from the are the smaller the opening becomes.
LUMEN
Away from the midline.
LATERAL
The deep layer of skin under the epidermis aka dermis, skin, corium, or true skin.
DERMA
The external openings of the nostril.
ANTERIOR NARES
the anterior fold of the cheek which descends laterally along the upper lip from the wing of the nose; a natural facial marking.
NASOLABIAL FOLD
Front of elbow
Anticubital
A record of the electrical activity of the brain
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM aka EEG
The dome-like superior portion of the cranium; that portion removed during cranial autopsy.
CALVARIUM
Airtight seal; associated with Ziegler cases or soldered containers.
HERMETIC SEAL
Performed in the same manner as the single Intradermal but with two needles instead of one. It offers more protection against leakage than the single.
Double InteadermalDouble Subcutaneous Suture
Period that begins after somatic death.
POSTMORTEM
A process which is the result of capillary permeability changes, where the bacteria from the intestinal area of the body migrate to the blood vascular system and is spread throughout the body.
Agonal Bacterial Migration
Dehydration of the dead human body due to the movement of air over the body itself.
SURFACE EVAPORATION/AIR SWIPE
a hollow place or area.
CAVITY
In front of the elbow/in the bend of the elbow.
ANTECUBITAL
Space between the ribs.
INTERCOSTAL SPACE
Lying at right angles to the long axis of the body.
TRANSVERSE
From within the body.
INTRINSIC
vertical cartilage dividing nasal cavity into two chambers, responsible for asymmetry of the nose.
SEPTUM
Is like single intradermal but penetrates completely through the skin. Is called draw stitch because it draws both sides of incision togethet
Draw Stitch
Organelle that exists within a cell, but separate from the cell; contains hydrolytic enzymes that break down proteins and certain carbohydrates.
LYSOSOME
Tending to ward off disease; preventative.
PROPHYLACTIC
Any procedure used to prove a sign of death.
TEST OF DEATH
the outermost layer of skin; the cuticle or scarf skin.
EPIDERMIS
Anatomical structure forming the base of the femoral triangle; extends from the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle.
INGUINAL LIGAMENT
Organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; chemically, a triglyceride ester, composed of glycerol and fatty acids.
FAT
Eyelids; two movable flaps of skin which cover and uncover each eyeball
PALPEBRAE
Deviation from the normal.
ANOMALIES
posterior; toward the back; opposite of anterior
DORSAL
Located toward the front of the body; aka anterior
VENTRAL
right inguinal (or iliac), pubic (hypogastric), left inguinal (iliac)
NINE PLAN ANATOMICAL REGION - BOTTOM ROW
A descriptive reference for locating arteries and veins by means of anatomical structures which are known.
Anatomical Guide
The presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface.
CONTAMINATED
Used by passing the ligature through both sides of the incision from the outside going for. One side to the other as the incision is sutured. Used for long incisions like those in autopsies cases.
Whip StitchContinuous Glover StitchRoll Stitch
Minute blood vessels, the walls of which comprise a single layer of endothelial cells. Capillaries connect the smallest arteries (arteriole) with the smallest veins (venule) and are where pressure filtration occurs.
CAPILLARIES
Situated or occurring beneath the skin.
SUBCUTANEOUS
From outside the body.
EXTRINSIC
The mouth and the vestibule, or the opening to the throat.
ORAL CAVITY
The brown to black-brown pigment in the epi¬dermis and hair which occurs in person of all race.
MELANIN
Within the blood vascular system.
INTRAVASCULAR
an opening in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes from the brain.
FORAMEN MAGNUM
Entrance or outlet of any body cavity; an opening.
ORIFICE
Internal organs enclosed within a cavity.
VISCERA
Anatomical term describing fingers and toes; the thumb is # 1 for each hand and the large toe is # 1 for each foot.
DIGITS
that part of the human skull which encloses the brain.
CRANIUM
Eminence at the medial corner of the closed eyelids.
INNER CANTHUS
a specialized type of dense connective tissue; attached to the ends of bones and forming parts of structures, such as the nasal septum and the framework of the ear.
CARTILAGE
Ascending and/or arch of the aorta.
CENTER OF FLUID DISTRIBUTION
the part of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum.
COLON
A kind of ignis fatuus (glow) supposed to forebode death.
DEATH FIRE
The complete or extreme dehydration of a dead human body.
MUMMIFICATION
Somatic death.
FUNCTIONAL DEATH
eyebrow.
SUPERCILIUM
Within a cell or cells.
INTRACELLULAR
Roughly U-shaped, with the front be¬ing narrower than the sweep of the curve. The shape of the mouth is horseshoe shape/curve.
HORSESHOE CURVE
Fluid inside cells of the body (constituting about one-half of the body weight).
INTRACELLULAR FLUID
The red respiratory portion of the red blood cells; iron containing pigment of red blood cells functioning to carry oxygen to the cells.
HEMOGLOBIN
the horseshoe-shaped bone forming the inferior jaw.
MANDIBLE
The property of certain cells of becoming fluid when shaken, and then becoming solid again.
THIXOTROPY
a paired bone with several processes that form the skeletal base of most of the superior face, roof of the mouth, sides of the nasal cavity, and floor of the orbit
MAXILLA
Those elements remaining after cremation of a dead human body aka cremains. However, many professionals deem the term cremains slang and deem the term inappropriate to use in the funeral home.
CREMATED REMAINS
Mucous membrane that lines the eyelid and covers the white portion of the eye.
CONJUNCTIVA
concerning an entrance to an organ, especially that through which the blood is carried to the liver.
PORTAL
the vertical groove located medially on the superior lip; a natural facial marking.
PHILTRUM
a change in the form or state of matter without any change in chemical composition.
PHYSICAL CHANGE
The fibrocartilage that joins the two pubic bones in the median plane
PUBIC SYMPHYSIS
Legal term referring to a dead body.
CORPSE
A child less than I year of age.
INFANT
Between the cells of a structure.
INTERCELLULAR
two sides.
BILATERAL
Before death.
ANTEMORTEM
Shaped as a bent wood weapon with a cen¬tral belly; resembling a cupid’s bow. Shape of the attached margin of the upper red lip; shape of the lip line of closure.
HUNTING BOW
Tissue that circulates through the vascular system and is composed of approximately 22% solids and 78% water.
BLOOD
Dead human body used for medical purposes: including transplantation, anatomical dissection and study.
CADAVER
Place of union between two or more bones.
ARTICULATION
the line of color change at the junction of the wet and dry portions of each mucous membrane.
Weather Line
Projection of the jaw or jaws that may cause problems with mouth closure alignment of the teeth.
PROGNATHISM
Points of origin and points of termination in relation to adjacent structures; used to designate the boundaries of arteries.
Anatomical Limits
Any procedure used to prove a sign of death, usually performed by medical personnel.
EXPERT TESTS OF DEATH
Thin, medial portion of the ethmoid bone of the skull.
CRIBRIFORM PLATE
This stitch is made from beneath, up through the skin and the needle is crossed from side to side with each stitch. A strong closure.
Baseball StitchSail Stitch
A narrow, worm-shaped tube connected to the cecum
VERMIFORM APPENDIX.
Body of a deceased person, including cremated remains.
HUMAN REMAINS
Study of death
THANATOLOGY
Fluid in the supporting connective tissues surrounding body cells (about one-fifth the body weight).
INTERSTITIAL FLUID
coagulation
CONGEALING
Circulatory network composed of the heart, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins.
BLOOD VASCULAR SYSTEM
Right atrium of the heart.
CENTER OF VENOUS DRAINAGE
A line drawn or visualized on the surface of the body or a prominent anatomic structure used to locate internal structures during cavity embalming, from a point of reference two inches to the left of and two inches superior to the umbilicus.
TROCAR GUIDE
The bony region containing the eyeball; the orbital cavity.
EYE SOCKET aka ORBITAL CAVITY
the state or condition of being thrust forward or projecting.
PROTRUSION
a protein found in blood plasma.
Albumin
Transparent part of the tunic of the eyeball that covers the iris and pupil and admits light into the interior.
CORNEA
The period immediately preceding or prior to death.
AGONAL STATE
Ability of substances to diffuse through capillary walls into the tissue spaces.
CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY
Period immediately before somatic death.
AGONAL PERIOD
The resistance to the flow of a liquid; the thickness of a liquid.
VISCOSITY
A fine growth of downy hair which is sometimes found on the face of a baby.
LANUGO
Fluid contained within vascular channels (about one-twentieth of the body weight).
INTRAVASCULAR FLUID
An outpouring of lymph into the peritoneal cavity.
Agonal Exudation
correspondence in size, shape, and relative position of parts that are on opposite sides of the face.
SYMMETRY
From a given reference toward the feet
INFERIOR
A luminous appearance like a candle flame, superstitiously thought to presage death.
DEATH CANDLE
A bony protuberance, that can be palpated topographically, found on the ilium, the superior, broad portion of the hipbone; the origin of the injuinal ligament and the sartorius muscle.
ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE
To touch or contact as with the tarsal plates of the closed eyelids.
Abut
Toward the surface.
SUPERFICIAL
In reference to blood, a change from a fluid into a thickened mass
Agonal Coagulation
Contraction phase of the heart action, or beat
SYSTOLE
Opening.
APERTURE
The right side of the heart seen as the center of drainage; used as a site of drainage via instruments from the right internal jugular vein.
RIGHT ATRIUM
Soft whitish crumbly or greasy material that forms upon the Postmortem hydrolysis and hydrogenation of body fats.
ADIPOCERE aka GRAVE WAX
A vertical line drawn from the center of the medial border of the base of the axillary space.
MID-AXILLARY LINE
Occurs when the arterial supply to an area of the body is increased
Active Capillary Congestion
a covering or layer.
TUNIC
Outside the blood vascular system.
EXTRAVASCULAR
The most favorable condition for functioning.
OPTIMUM
That portion of the cornea recovered for transplantation in situ The cornea and sclera considered together comprising the tunica fibrosa or fibrous coat of the eye.
CORNEAL SCLERA BUTTON
to contract or compress.
CONSTRICT
Rounded articular process on a bone
CONDYLE
the process of taking in, as in a colored object which absorbs certain rays of light and reflects other rays giving the object its recognizable color (e.g., An apple is called red if the red rays are reflected and the other rays in the light are absorbed.)
ABSORPTION
Notched on the edge like a saw, as seen with forceps.
SERRATED
Stroke or tolling of a death bell.
DEATH KNEEL
Record of the electrical activity of the heart.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM/ECG aka EKG or ECG
Threshold Limit Value
TLV
It is easily waxes over if used on exposed areas. Used to turn under excess margins of the skin. It is the opposite of the draw stitch in regards to the exposed areas of the ligature
Worm Stitch
A protein whose structure has been changed by physical or chemical agents.
DENATURED PROTEIN
Tight leakproof closure that leaves am unsightly ridge. Anchor the ligature at one end if the incision then pull up the ligature which is anchored. This will pull the tissue up so the suturing needle can pass through both sides if the incision from the outside. Then lock the stitch by looping it through the ligature which is being held. Repeat until incision is closed. The suturing needle insertion is always made from the same side of the incision.
Lock StitchHalf StitchBlanket Suture
Toward the midline.
MEDIAL
A relation or ratio of the number of deaths, for a given period, to the total population.
DEATH RATE
