Module 3 Basic Terms

Question 1

A blood vessel which carries blood away from the heart

Answer 1

Artery

Question 2

The instrument used to introduce arterial solution into an artery

Answer 2

Arterial tube

Question 3

Sterilization of materials by steam under pressure

Answer 3

Autoclaving

Question 4

The examination of a body to determine the cause of death

Answer 4

Autopsy

Question 5

The tiny blood vessels which connects arteries and veins.
They are in intimate contact with all tissues and are essential in the effective delivery of embalming solutions.

Answer 5

Capillaries

Question 6

A dead body; usually a human preserved for anatomical study

Answer 6

Cadaver

Question 7

Any space in a human body; major cavities are filled with organs and some fluid

Answer 7

Cavity

Question 8

This refers to beautifying; tending to preserve, restore,or confer beauty.

Answer 8

Cosmetic

Question 9

This refers to the state of terminated life.
It involves both to the event of life’s termination and to the state of lack of life.

Answer 9

Death

Question 10

A document issued by the attending physician or in his absence, by the city or municipal health officer or other duly authorized government official, using the prescribed form certifying the death of a person

Answer 10

Death certificate

Question 11

The killing of most life forms on instruments or equipment, all but the most resistant bacterial and fungal spores.
Usually done by chemical and heat

Answer 11

Disinfection

Question 12

An instrument used to keep veins open to facilitate drainage during arterial injection

Answer 12

Drainage aid

Question 13

A duly licensed peron who applies, injects or introduces any chemical substance or drug or herbs internally or externally to a dead human body for the purpose of embalming, disinfecting and preserving it

Answer 13

Embalmer

Question 14

Disinfection, preservation and restoration of a dead body before it’s final disposal

Answer 14

Embalming

Question 15

A duly licensed person who practices undertaking

Answer 15

Undertaker

Question 16

A clear, colorless, aqueous solution of formaldehyde gas (37% by weight or 40% by volume).
Dilute solutions are used to disinfect and preserve dead bodies

Answer 16

Formalin (commercial or concentrated)

Question 17

A case where the cause of death or the circumstances surrounding the death may have involved a criminal act

Answer 17

Medico legal case

Question 18

Objects used to form a protective barrier between the dead body and the embalmer’s portal of entry for infectious disease agents

Answer 18

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Question 19

The act or process of preserving or keeping from injury, destruction or decay

Answer 19

Preservation

Question 20

A substance or preparation added to a product to destroy microorganisms or inhibit their growth

Answer 20

Preservative

Question 21

The partial or complete reconstruction of a human body, head and or hands that suffered visible trauma prior to death

Answer 21

Restoration

Question 22

The hygienic means of preventing human contact from the hazards of wastes to promote health.
Hazards can be physical, microbiological, biological or chemical agents of disease.

Answer 22

Sanitation

Question 23

The killing of all life forms on instruments or equipment using steam under pressure (autoclaving) or certain chemicals

Answer 23

Sterilization

Question 24

A pointed hollow tube used to aspirate from or inject into bodies being embalmed

Answer 24

Trocar

Question 25

The process of handling and caring for dead bodies from the point of death to the burial but does not include embalming

Answer 25

Undertaking

Question 26

A vessel in which blood flows towards the heart

Answer 26

Vein