Embalming - Module 3 - Instruments Flashcards
Tube used to inject embalming solution into the blood vascular system.
Arterial Tubes
Mechanical device used to impel specially designed metal pins into bone.
Needle Injector
Two piece embalming instrument consisting of a handle and a blade used to make incisions and excisions.
Scalpel
An embalming instrument that is used for blunt dissection and in raising vessels
Aneurysm Hook
An embalming instrument used for blunt dissection
Aneurysm Needle
is a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery or embalming.
Bistoury Knife
Surgical instruments usually used for cutting. T
Scissors
Instrument used to guide vein tubes into vessels.
Groove Director
A surgical tool used to control bleeding.
Hemostats
Used to open and close the flow of arterial tubes.
Arterial Fixation Forceps
Tool that is used by compression between your thumb and forefinger for grasping, holding or manipulating body tissue.
Spring Forceps
Multipurpose instrument used as a draining instrument in embalming.
Angular Spring Forceps
Tool used to hold an incision or wound open while an embalmer works.
Retractors
Surgical instruments used to grasp the tissues, secure towels, or drapes during surgical operations
Towel Clamps
Embalming instrument inserted into the vein, used to aid the drainage of venous blood from the body.
Draining Tubes
Needles used to sew or complete a stitch.
Suture Needles
Embalming instrument used to aspirate the throat by means of the nostris.
Nasal Aspirator
Has many opening for “non clogging” used to aspirate blood and arterial fluid from cavities of autopsied bodies
Autopsy Aspirator
Sharply pointed surgical instrument used in cavity embalming to aspirate the cavities and inject cavity fluid.
Trocar
A long, thin trocar used for supplemental hypodermic embalming.
Hypovalve Trocar
Plastic, threaded screw like device for sealing punctures and small round trocar openings.
Trocar Button Applicator
A needle that is a hollow commonly used with a syringe to inject substances into the body or extract fluids from it.
Hypodermic Needles
A surgical instrument, similar to a hemostat, used by doctors and surgeons to hold a suturing needle for closing wounds during suturing and surgical procedures.
Needle Holder
