Module 1

Question 1

To undergo destructive dissolutions; implies a slow change from a state of soundness; decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria

Answer 1

Decay

Question 2

Separation of compounds into simpler substances by the action of microbial and/or autolytic enzymes

Answer 2

Decomposition

Question 3

One of a class of complex nitrogenous compounds that are synthesized by all living organisms and yield amino acids when hydrolyzed

Answer 3

Protein

Question 4

Complex proteins that are produced by cells which act as a biological catalyst

Answer 4

Enzyme

Question 5

To lessen the evidence of devastation caused by long-term disease and illness, extended use of drug therapies, surgery, tumors, trauma, disfigurements, and postmortem changes, which have affected those areas of the body that will be viewed

Answer 5

Restoration

Question 6

The use of the blood vascular system of the body to accomplish temporary preservation, sanitation, and restoration of the dead human body; this is accomplished through injection of an embalming chemical solution into the arteries and drainage of blood from the veins. Can be used to preserve the entire body, large body sections, or localized body areas

Answer 6

Vascular (arterial) embalming

Question 7

The direct treatment, other than vascular injection, of the contents of the body cavities (thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic) and the lumina of the hollow viscera; usually accomplished in two phases (aspiration and injection) using a long hollow instrument called a “trocar”

Answer 7

Cavity embalming

Question 8

The injection of embalming chemicals directly into the tissues of the dead human body through the use of a syringe and needle or a trocar; generally, a supplemental embalming procedure used when tissues in an adult body cannot be treated sufficiently by vascular injection

Answer 8

Hypodermic embalming

Question 9

The preservation of the body tissues by direct contact with embalming chemicals; considered supplemental treatment to vascular injection; preservative gels or surface packs of absorbent materials saturated with preservative chemicals that are directly placed in contact with body tissue

Answer 9

Surface embalming

Question 10

Chemicals that destroy autolytic (from within the body cells) enzymes and bacterial enzymes also destroy bacteria that are both pathogenic and nonpathogenic

Answer 10

Disinfection

Question 11

Change of body proteins that become stabilized, their water sensitivity decreased and have resistance to proteolytic (breakdown) enzymes of both autolytic and microbial nature; destruction of most autolytic and microbial enzymes which have protein, carbohydrate, and fat splitting ability

Answer 11

Temporary Preservation