Feature Setting

Question 1

Features are set _________ to embalming.

Answer 1

Prior

Question 2

Ways to secure the mandible

Answer 2

• Needle injector
• Muscular suture
• Mandibular suture
• Dental tie
• Drill and wire
• Gluing the lips

Question 3

Muscular Suture

Answer 3

10/10 great

Question 4

What’s a stupid suture? *EC

Answer 4

Mandibular Suture

Question 5

If jaw is fractured…

Answer 5

Use multiple dental ties

Question 6

In case of rigor…

Answer 6

It is still advised to use some sort of mouth closure.

Question 7

Natural lines on the lips are ______, whereas lines from dehydration are ______.

Answer 7

Vertical, horizontal

Question 8

The line between the moist and dry portions of each lip.

Answer 8

The weather line

Question 9

Most criticized aspects of the embalming process

Answer 9

Mouth closure and feature setting

Question 10

Desired shape of curvature across mouth and lips

Answer 10

Horseshoe

Question 11

Eye closure done _______ to arterial injection

Answer 11

Prior

Question 12

Seal mouth _________ embalming the body

Answer 12

After

Question 13

Securing mandible with needle injector

Answer 13

Driving a pin with an attached wire into the maxilla and mandible via some type of hand-operated device

Question 14

Utilizes a natural tooth on both the top and bottom to secure the mandible.

Answer 14

Dental tie

Question 15

What can be used to fill in missing teeth to create an even mouth curvature?

Answer 15

Cotton or mortuary putty

Question 16

A deceased’s mouth could have no dentures and no natural teeth.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Normally, the upper mucous membrane is ______ and _____ than the lower mucous membrane.

Answer 17

Longer; thinner

Question 18

Dry skin and scabs should be removed from lips.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

While performing a mouth closure, what is recommended to do?

Answer 19

• Relieve rigor in mandible
• Disinfect nasal and oral cavities
• If dentures are present, remove and disinfect them
• Pack throat with cotton
• Secure the mandible

Question 20

Which tool is used to relieve facial purge?

Answer 20

Nasal aspirator

Question 21

It is good practice to ask for dentures when leaving a home with a deceased.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What is the correct order for performing a mouth closure?

Answer 22

• Place lips in desired position
• Embalm
• Check for purge
• Seal mouth

Question 23

Dentures are considered personal property?

Answer 23

True

Question 24

If there is severe rigor in the mandible, leave the mouth how it is.

Answer 24

False