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Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Pressure machine

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Machine used for injecting embalming fluid into the veins of a deceased person.

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Hydro aspirator

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Apparatus that is connected to a water supply when the water is turned on suction is developed and is use to aspirate the contents of the body’s cavities.

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Electric Aspirator

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A device that uses a motor for the purpose of aspirating.

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Gravity injector

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Item used to inject arterial fluid during the vascular phase of the embalming process. Relies on gravity to create the pressure required to deliver the fluid.

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Hand pump

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Historical instrument resembling a large hypodermic syringe attached to a bottle apparaturs. Used to create pressure for injection.

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Bulb Syringe

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Self-controlled soft rubber manual pump designed to create pressure to deliver fluid as it passes through one-way values located within the bulb. It is only used to deliver fluids.

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Electric Spatula

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A heated blade that may be used to dry most tissue, reduce swollen tissue, and restore contour.

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Body Lifts

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Mechanical lifts used to move bodies from position to position.

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Sterilizers

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Oven or appliance for sterilizing. as autoclave that sterilizes by steam under pressure at temperatures over 100C.

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Positioning Devices

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Preparation room equipment for proper position of bodies before, during and after vascular embalming.

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Embalming table

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Table used to hold the body while embalming is taking place.

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Dressing table

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Table used for holding body and dressing of body.

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Refrigeration

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Holing the body around 40 degrease to hold off of decommission and decay.

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Sharps Container

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OSHA required receptable for proper disposals of sharps.

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Arterial Tubes

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Tube used to inject fluid into the blood vascular system.

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Needle injector

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Device used to impel specially designed metal pines into bone.

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Scalpel

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Two-piece embalming instrument consisting of a handle and blade used to make incisions and excisions.

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Aneurysm Hook

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An interment used for blunt dissection and in raising vessels.

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Aneurysm needle

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Instrument used for blunt dissection and in raising vessels that have an eye in the hook portion of the instrument for place ligatures are the vessels.

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Bistoury Knife

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A kind of scalpel used for making incisions.

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Scissors

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Sharp instrument used for cutting and opening of flesh and skin.

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Groove Director

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Used to guide vein tubes into vessels.

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Hemostats

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Instrument used specifically to control bleeding.

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Arterial fixation forceps

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Forceps used to clamp around embalming canula and vessels.

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Spring Forceps

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Basic forceps used for embalming pouposes.

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Angular spring forceps

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Multipurpose tool used for drainage purpose.

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Retractors

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Instrument used to hold an incision open while embalming.

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Towel Clamps

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Pointed forceps used for holding onto flesh and other items during an embalming.

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Drain Tube

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Embalming instrument inserted into the vein used to aid the drainage of venous blood from the body.

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Suture Needles

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Needled used for closing incisions and openings in the skin.

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Nasal aspirator

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Instrument used to aspirate the throat by means of the nostrils.

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Autopsy aspirator

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A non-clogging aspirator head that connects to the water aspirator in order to aide in aspiration following an autopsy.

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Trocar

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Sharply pointed surgical instrument used in cavity embalming to aspirate the cavities and inject cavity fluid. The trocar may also be used for supplemental hypodermic embalming.

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Hypovalve trocar

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A long thin trocar used for supplemental hypodermic embalming.

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Cavity fluid injector

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Tube used to inject cavity fluid using a trocar.

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Hypodermic Needle

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Long needle used to deliver embalming fluid under the skin to where needed.

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Trocar Button Applicator

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Instrument used to place trocar cap into trocar hole in stomach.

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Vein expander

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Insterement used to open vein for insertion of embalming canula.

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Needle Holder

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A smaller, rounded end hemostats used for suturing and using small needle.

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Preservative embalming chemicals

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Chemicals used in aiding of preservative the body.

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Accessory chemicals

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Chemicals used in addition to vascular and cavity embalming fluids, included by not limited to hardening compounds, preservation powders, sealing agents, mold-prevention agents, and compress application agents.

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Supplemental fluids

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Fluid an embalmer injects prior to preservation solution or adds to other fluids, to enhance certain qualities of the preservative fluid.

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Sealing agent

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An agent that provide a barrier or seal against any leakage of fluid or blood.

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Cotton

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Used for cleaning and to build up the features of the deceased.

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Eye Caps

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Thin, domelike shell made of hardened cloth, metal, or plastic placed beneath the eyelids to restore natural curvature and to maintain the position of the closed eye

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Trocar Button

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Plastic, threaded screwlike device for sealing punctures and small round trocar openings.

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Mouth Former

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Device used in the mouth to shape the contour of the lips.

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Plastic goods/undergarments

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Plastic clothing placed on different parts of the body to keep from becoming stained or leaking due to body fluid leakage.

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Ligature

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Thread, cord, or wire used to tying vessels, tissue, or bone.

50
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Calvarium Clamps

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Device used to fasten the calvarium to the cranium and a cranial autopsy.

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