Module 3: The Prep Room

Question 1

Pressure machines

Answer 1

Used for injection or aspiration

Question 2

Hydro aspirator

Answer 2

attached to a water faucet, used to reverse the flow of water so as to direct it through the hose connections for either drawing fluid from the body cavity or rinsing a desired location

Question 3

Electric aspirator

Answer 3

Uses electricity to create vacuum instead of large volumes of water

Question 4

Gravity injector

Answer 4

Used to deliver arterial solution providing, a slow steady rate at 1 pound of pressure for every 28 inches raised

Question 5

Hand pump

Answer 5

Hand held device with two slip-hubs one hub delivers air to create pressure the other hub creates a vacuum

Question 6

Bulb syringe

Answer 6

Hand operated device consisting of a rubber bulb with hoses at each end. A one-way valve allows the device to arterial solution flows into the bulb when relaxed, when squeezed the solution flows into the body

Question 7

Electric spatula

Answer 7

Used for smoothing out facial wrinkles or covering up incisions

Question 8

Body lifts

Answer 8

Used to lift decedent using hydraulics

Question 9

Sterilizers

Answer 9

Oven or appliance for sterilizing instruments

Question 10

Positioning devices

Answer 10

Prep room equipment for properly positioning bodies before, during, and after vascular embalming

Question 11

Embalming tables

Answer 11

Prep room table used during vascular embalming

Question 12

Dressing tables

Answer 12

Prep room table used for putting clothes on the deceased, storage and general purpose

Question 13

Refrigeration

Answer 13

Cooling chamber used to slow the process of decomposition

Question 14

Sharps container

Answer 14

Puncture-proof container that safely holds used needles, blades, etc. for disposal/recycling

Question 15

Arterial tubes

Answer 15

Various types, lengths, and sizes, used to inject solution

Question 16

Needle injector

Answer 16

Used to insert a barb with wire attached to hold lower jaw closed

Question 17

Scalpel

Answer 17

Sharp cutting instrument used to make incisions

Question 18

Aneurysm hook

Answer 18

Sharp point, used for tissue dissection in determining location of and raising arteries and veins

Question 19

Aneurysm needle

Answer 19

Blunt tip, used for tissue dissection in determining location of and raising arteries and veins

Question 20

Bistoury knife

Answer 20

Curved cutting instrument, that cuts from the inside outward

Question 21

Scissors

Answer 21

Used for cutting

Question 22

Groove director

Answer 22

Used to expand a vein to help guide a drain tube or drainage device into the vein

Question 23

Hemostats

Answer 23

Locking forceps used to clamp leaking vessels

Question 24

Arterial fixation forceps

Answer 24

Used to hold the arterial tube in the artery

Question 25

Spring forceps

Answer 25

Used for grasping and holding tissues

Question 26

Angular spring forceps

Answer 26

Used as a drainage instrument, generally in the internal jugular vein

Question 27

Retractors

Answer 27

Used to hold incision open

Question 28

Towel clamps

Answer 28

Used to secure drapes of fabric covering body

Question 29

Drainage tubes

Answer 29

Various sized tubes used to drain bodily fluids

Question 30

Suture needles

Answer 30

Used to close incisions with thread

Question 31

Nasal aspirator

Answer 31

Aspirator designed for nasal insertion

Question 32

Autopsy aspirator

Answer 32

Aspirator with many openings to guard against clogging

Question 33

Trocar

Answer 33

Long hollow needle used to aspirate and inject body cavities

Question 34

Hypovalve trocar

Answer 34

Designed for hypodermic injection treatments not aspiration

Question 35

Cavity fluid injector

Answer 35

A device that screws onto cavity fluid bottles for injection

Question 36

Hypodermic needles

Answer 36

Used to inject arterial solution or drain fluids from a localized area

Question 37

Trocar button applicator

Answer 37

Used to apply/tighten/remove trocar buttons

Question 38

Vein expander

Answer 38

Used to open artery/vein wider so tube or injection device may be inserted

Question 39

Needle holder

Answer 39

Also call a needle driver, used to hold a suturing needle during surgical procedures

Question 40

Preservative embalming chemicals

Answer 40

The main preservative chemicals are typically: formaldehyde, phenol, methanol, and glycerin.

Question 41

Accessory chemicals

Answer 41

Help the embalming fluids function more effectively

Question 42

Supplemental fluids

Answer 42

A class of embalming fluids used either before or with regular arterial fluids

Question 43

Sealing agents

Answer 43

Prevents fluids from leaking from incisions in the body

Question 44

Cotton

Answer 44

Can be used to pack voids and form features, and absorbs 10 times it’s own weight in liquid

Question 45

Eye caps

Answer 45

Used to keep eyelids closed and shape eye

Question 46

Trocar button

Answer 46

Used to close trocar openings

Question 47

Mouth former

Answer 47

Plastic or metal device used to replace teeth where not exist and dentures are not available

Question 48

Plastic goods/undergarments

Answer 48

Protects clothing from leaking conditions

Question 49

Ligature

Answer 49

Thicker cotton or linen string used for closing incisions with a hidden stitch

Question 50

Calvarium clamps

Answer 50

Used to re-attach skull cap after an autopsy