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Module Three Flashcards

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Hydroaspirator

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Apparatus that is connected to the water supply. When the water is turned on , suction is developed and is used to aspirate the contents of the body’s cavities.

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Hand pump

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Historical instrument resembling a large hypodermic syringe attached to a bottle apparatus. Use to create either pressure for injection or vacuum for aspiration.

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Hypovalve trocar

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A long thin trocar used for supplemental hypodermic cleaning

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Electric aspirator

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Device that uses a motor to create a suction for the purpose of aspiration

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Electric spatula

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Electrically heated blade that may be used to dry moist tissue, reduce swollen tissue, and restore contour.

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Eyecap

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Thin, domelike shell made of hardened cloth, metal, or plastic placed beneath the eyelids to restore natural curvature and to maintain the position of the closed eye

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Gravity injector

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Apparatus used to inject arterial fluid during the vascular phase of the embalming process. Relies on gravity to create the pressure required to deliver the fluid.

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Groove director

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Instrument used to guide vein tubes into vessels

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Pressure machines

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Operates like the hand pump, but because it is motorized, it relieves the embalmer from having the physically operate the device.

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Bulb syringe

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A hand operated device that consists of a rubbery bulb with hoses attached to either end

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Body lifts

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Used for movement of the deceased body

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Sterilizers

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Oven or appliance for sterilizing.

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Positioning devices

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

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Embalming tables

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A table used for embalming

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Dressing tables

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A table used to take care of the body

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Refrigeration

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A way to keep the body cold to slow decomposition

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Sharps container

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OSHA required receptacle for proper disposal of sharps

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Arterial tubes

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Tube used to inject embalming solution into the blood vascular system

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Needle injector

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Mechanical device used to impel specially designed metal pins into bone

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Scalpel

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Two-piece embalming instrument consisting of a handle and a blade used to make incisions and excisions

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Aneurysm hook

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An embalming instrument that is used for blunt dissection and in raising vessels

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Aneurysm needle

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An embalming instrument used for blunt dissection and in raising vessels that have an eye in hook portion of the instrument for placing ligatures around the vessels

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Bistoury knife

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A surgical knife with a narrow blade used to open abscesses or fistulas

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Scissors

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An instrument used for cutting cloth, paper, and other thin material, consisting of two blades laid one on top of the other and fastened in the middle so as to allow them to be opened and closed by a thumb and finger inserted through rings on the end of their handles.

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Hemostats

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An instrument for preventing the flow of blood from an open blood vessel by compression of the vessel

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Arterial fixation forceps

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An instrument used to hold the arterial tube in place after it has been inserted into the artery

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Spring Forceps

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Forceps used by compression between your thumb and forefinger for grasping

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Angular spring forceps

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Multipurpose instrument used in in the embalming process

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Retractors

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A device for retracting something

30
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Towel clamps

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A surgical instrument which is used to secure towels and surgical draping during a medical procedure

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Drainage tubes

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A tube inserted into a wound or cavity to facilitate fluid removal

32
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Suture needles

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A needle designed to carry sutures when sewing tissues

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Nasal aspirator

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A small tool to help clear the nasal passages

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Autopsy aspirator

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Used in the withdrawal of gases, fluids, and semisolids from body cavities and hollow viscera through suction

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Trocar

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A surgical instrument with a three-sided cutting point enclosed in a tube, used for withdrawing fluid from a body cavity

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Cavity fluid injector

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Used to inject embalming fluid when doing cavity embalming

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Hypodermic needles

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A hollow needle used for withdrawing blood samples and injecting medicine

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Trocar button applicator

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Used to insert a trocar button

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Vein expander

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A type of intravenous therapy that has the function of providing volume for the circulatory system

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Needle holder

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An instrument for grasping a needle used in suturing

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Preservative embalming chemicals

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A variety of preservatives, sanitizing and disinfectant agents, and additives used in modern embalming to temporarily prevent decomposition and restore a natural appearance for viewing a body after death

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Accessory chemicals

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Non-preservative chemicals in an arterial solution

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Supplemental fluids

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

44
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Sealing agents

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A plastic material applied to parts of teeth with imperfections

45
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Cotton

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A material used to fill in parts of the body

46
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Trocar button

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A small, plastic object resembling a screw used to seal embalming punctures

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Mouth former

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A metal or plastic piece to place in the mouth to fill in for the teeth

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Plastic goods/undergarments

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Plastic clothing to protect proper clothing

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Ligature

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A thing used for tying or binding something tightly

50
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Calvarium clamps

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A tool used to maintain chin-to-chest positioning

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