Module 5 Vocabulary

Question 1

Arterial Fluid

Answer 1

Concentrated, preservative, embalming chemical that is diluted with water to form the arterial solution for injection into the arterial system during vascular embalming.

Question 2

Arterial solution

Answer 2

Mixture of arterial vascular fluid and water used for the arterial injection. May include supplement fluids.

Question 3

cavity fluid

Answer 3

preserves, disinfect, and deodorizes organs of the cavities, contents of the hollow viscera, and walls of the cavities.

Question 4

Supplemental fluid

Answer 4

A fluid the embalmer injects prior to the preservative solution or adds to the preservative solution to enhance certain qualities of the preservative fluid.

Question 5

Accessory chemical

Answer 5

chemicals used in addition to vascular and cavity embalming fluids. Including but not limited to hardening compounds, preservative powders, sealing agents, molding and compress application agents.

Question 6

Special purpose fluid

Answer 6

Such fluids are designed for use in the preparation of difficult to embalm bodies. Used to fortify or increase the firming and preservative qualities of regular arterial solutions.

Question 7

Formalin

Answer 7

a pungent gas, with the chemical formula HCHO, used as an antiseptic, disinfectant, and especially today as a fixative for histology.

Question 8

Paraformaldehyde

Answer 8

is the smallest polymerization product of formaldehyde with a typical degree of polymerization of 8-100

Question 9

Index

Answer 9

Strength of an embalming fluid, indicated by the number of grams of pure formaldehyde gas disolved in 100ml of water

Question 10

Donor compounds

Answer 10

donates electrons to another compound

Question 11

glutaraldehyde

Answer 11

a disinfectant, medication, preservative, and fixture. As a disinfectant it is used to sterilize surgical instruments and other areas of hospitals. As a medication it is used to treat warts on the bottom of the feet.

Question 12

Phenol

Answer 12

Antiseptic disinfectant employed to dry moist tissues and to bleach discolored tissues.

Question 13

quats

Answer 13

quaternary ammonium are positively charged polyatomic ions of the structure NR being alkyl group or an aryl group.

Question 14

vehicles

Answer 14

Liquid that serves as a solvent for the numerous ingredients incorporated into embalming fluids.

Question 15

dye

Answer 15

Coloring agent substances that, on being dissolved, impart a definite color to the embalming solution.

Question 16

Modifying agents

Answer 16

chemicals components of vascular fluids that control the rate and degree of tissue firmness by the fluid utilized; chemicals for which there may be greatly varying demands predicted n the tyoe of embalming the environment.

Question 17

Buffers

Answer 17

Embalming chemical that effects the stabilization of acid base balance within embalming solutions and in embalmed tissues

Question 18

Humectants

Answer 18

chemical that increases the ability of embalmed tissue to retain moisture

Question 19

Anti-coagulants

Answer 19

ingredient of embalming fluids that retards the natural postmortem tendency of blood to become more viscous or prevents adverse reactions between blood and other embalming chemicals

Question 20

surfactants

Answer 20

chemicals that reduces the moloecule cohension of liquid so that it can flow through smaller apertures

Question 21

pre-injections fluids

Answer 21

fluid injected primarily to prepare the vascular system and body tissues for the injection of the preservative vascular arterial solution

Question 22

co-injection fluid

Answer 22

supplemental fluid used primarily to enhance the action of vascular solution

Question 23

restorative fluid

Answer 23

Supplemental fluid, used with the regular arterial solution, whose purpose is to retain body moisture and retard dehydration

Question 24

edema fluid

Answer 24

abnormal accumulation of fluids in tissues or body cavity

Question 25

Dilution

Answer 25

the action of making something weaker in force, content, or value

Question 26

primary dilution

Answer 26

dilution attained as the as the embalming solution is mixed in the embalming machine

Question 27

waterless embalming

Answer 27

Arterial injection of an embalming solution composed of arterial fluid, humectant, and coinjection fluid

Question 28

secondary dilution

Answer 28

dilution of the embalming fluid by the fluids in the body, both vascular and interstitial

Question 29

osmosis

Answer 29

passage of solvent from a solution of lesser to one of greater solute concentration when the two solutions are separated by a semipermeable membrane.

Question 30

hypotonic

Answer 30

solution having a lesser concentration of dissolved solute than the solution with which it is compared

Question 31

hypertonic

Answer 31

solution having a greater concentration of dissolved solute than the solution with which it is compared

Question 32

Isotonic

Answer 32

a solution having a concentration of dissolved dilute equal to that of a standard of reference