Funeral Director Services Flashcards by Nicole Olds

This is a procedure that preserves the tissue of the dead at extremely low temperatures with the intent to restore it to life a future date with advances in medical science.

What is cryonics?

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This is the process of alkaline hydrolysis, which is the process of reducing the body tissue to bone fragments using precious and water

What is Resomation?

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This container is designed for direct disposition and is constructed of lightweight fiber board or corrugated cardboard

What is an alternative container?

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This container is constructed with a solid with base corrugated cardboard, covering to protect a casket during transportation

What is an air tray?

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This is a case, constructed and designed with particleboard with a cardboard tray for transportation by air

What is a combination case or combo unit.

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This is a case designed for advance decomposition and includes a gasket seal and this case is inserted into a casket or is used as a separate shipping container

What is a Zeigler Case?

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The exterior dimensions of a standard wood casket

What is 81” long by 28’” w x 24” h

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These wooden caskets are less expensive since they originate from conifers. Their grain is wider and the wood is lighter and softer.

What are Soft wood caskets

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These caskets are more expensive since they originate from deciduous trees. The compact grading is tighter and heavier. Examples include Mahogany and cherry.q

What are Hardwood caskets?

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This type of wood casket is constructed of sheets of finer wood natural glued into a less expensive base.

What are laminate caskets?

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This is a type of laminate, with the outer layer of better quality wood over an inner layer of less expensive wood.

What is a Wood veneer casket?

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The exterior dimension of a standard metal casket is this?

The dimensions of a mental casket are 83” x 28” x 24”

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This is a standard US measurement for metal thickness calculated by the number of metal sheets that be layered to equal an inch.

What is a gauge

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These types of casket are constructed and steel at least 11% chromium and sometimes nickel and are noted to be rust resistant.

What are Stainless Steel casket

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This type of casket has been covered with Zinc for improved resistance to rust:

What are galvanized caskets

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Any metal alloy that is NOT made with iron is considered to be non-ferrous metal and is measured in ounces per square foot. This is the process of rolling that metal into sheets

What is wrought metal….

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This casket is formed from sheets of pliable copper.

What is a Copper Casket

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This type of casket is constructed with an electrolytic process that deposits copper molecules on the casket.

What is a copper deposit casket?

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This type of casket is an alloy is 90% copper and 10% tin or zinc. Bronze is more durable than copper or steel but copper is cheaper

What is a Bronze Casket

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With a casket, this type of finish is first painted and then stretched and completed with a sealer, and finally buffed with a high gloss.

What is a brushed finish?

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This type of finish on a casket is achieved by the base of a casket or part with a different metal an electrolytic process.

What is a plated finish on a casket?

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This is a thin layer of paint spread out on a metal surface using air.

What is a spray finish on a casket.

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This type of finish is a paint finish that is sprayed on to give the appearance of minor indentations in metal.

What is a hammer tone finish on a casket?

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This finish on a casket is a coaching process that wrinkles upon drain

What is a crinkled finish?

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This finish is a flat finish without gloss

What is a matte finish on a casket?

This is a semi gloss finish that has a low luster

What is a satin finish?

This part of the casket includes the entire top body molding along the uppermost edge of the body panels, the body panel base molding as well as the casket bottom

What is the BODY of the casket?

This refers to the cap and the body piece of the casket

What is the shell?

This part of the casket are too much shaped portions of the lid at each end of the crown.

What is the fishtails (pies)

This is the molding component of a cap in a s-shape.

What is the rim (ogee)

What are the 4 Non-gasketed closure methods?

Latch method: secures the cap to the body after the lid is closed. Threaded Fastener: Utilizes s threaded screw that fastens on the hinged cap. Chemical compounds: close a casket Hermetically sealed: casket closed by fusion

This shape of casket is one where the top rim frame (ogee), crown, fish tail and pies are crafted in a single piece which can be raised together.

What is a perfection full couch?

The casket type is one where the top rim frame (ogee), crown, and pies are formed in two separate pieces.

What is a perfection half couch?

There are four non-gasketed closure methods, the latch, the threaded fastener, chemical compounds and this method….

What is hermetically sealed closed by fusion or soldering and creates an

This shape of casket has ends that are shaped in half circles .

What is an Elliptic casket?

The shape of casket has welded round corner pieces

What is a Round Corner Casket?

This casket has a side body panel of the shell that is narrow at the bottom of the casket and flares out-towards the top.

What is the Flaring Square casket

The decorative handles, ornaments fixtures and custom decor attached to the casket shell is known as this.

What is Hardware (on a casket)

The decorative handles, ornaments fixtures and custom decor attached to the casket shell is known as this.

What is Hardware (on a casket)

This expensive type of hardware on a casket uses molten metal poured into a mold.

What is cast hardware on a casket?

This less expensive type of hardware is produced by pressing out shapes using hydraulics

What is stamped hardware?

The part of the casket the handles attached to the lug or arm that the pallbearers grasp to hold the casket

What is the Bar of the casket.

This type of bar on a casket is attached on a hinged arm and is moveable.

What is a Swing Bar on a casket

This type of bar on a casket is motionless and unmovable?

What is a stationary bar?

This part of the casket is the piece of the handle that connects the bar to the lug?

What is the arm

The solitary grip on a casket in which the lug, arm and bar are combined.

What is the Bail Handle?

This part of the handle of a casket attaches to the body of the casket

What is the lug (ear)

This part of the casket is the ornamental piece attached to the end of the bar.

What is the tip?

This is the hardware of the casket that is attached at all corners of the casket body

What are the corners?

This is the hardware of the casket that is attached at all corners of the casket body

What are the corners?

This type of casket interior is created with a lining material on a metal form pressed on with weight and steamed in into place.

What is a crushed interior?

A interior of the casket that is lined with material that is gathered and sewn into place

What is shirred interior?

This is the cloth inside the casket that covers the foot panel

What is the overlay a.k.a. throw?

This is the portion of the overlay that drapes onto the body of the casket and attaches to the foot panel

What is the apron?

This part is the lining inside the casket of the rim and is adjacent to the Cap panel

What is the cove

This material is upholstery material for a casket made of pressed paper in a sheet form.

What is Masselin…

This is a smooth fabric textile material inside a casket that is made from flax

What is Linen?

This commonly used fabric in the interior of a casket is a thin crinkled cloth made of silk cotton rayon or wood.

What is Crepe?

This commonly used fabric in the interior of a casket is a thin crinkled cloth made of silk cotton rayon or wood.

What is Crepe?

This dense woven fabric of cotton rayon or silk is also also used on the inside of a casket

What is broadcloth?

This material seen on the inside or outside of a casket is a woven cotton fabric with a 18 inch nap in a suede like appearance.

What is Doeskin?

This cloth is woven with a 1/8 inch nap and a high pile

What is flush

This high-end material has a smooth, shiny face and a dull back

What is Satin?

These are specialty items in caskets that are inserted in the inner panel and may include emblem symbols or custom drawing impressions

What are head panels?

This is an outer enclosure that can be sealed, and it offers protection to the casket in the ground against the weight of the soil

What is a burial vault?

This uses a concrete polymer, fiberglass or wooden box to support the soils weight of the casket in the ground, but it does not seal.

What is a grave liner?

This part of the outer burial container is the upper most portion of the air seal in a burial vault supporting the air above

What is a dome?

This type of vault combines air pressure in the dome and downward pressure on the top of the vault and the interior to seal it

What is the air seal vault.

This type of vault uses a tongue and groove to join the lid and the bottom with an epoxy.

What is a top seal vault?

This type of vault uses an air seal plus an epoxy at the adjoining point of dome and base

What is a double seal vault.

This type of grave involves two pre-installed grave liners placed on top of one another 2 deep or side-by-side. This type of grave has limited means to seal since it has a drain hole at the bottom.

What is a lawn crypt?