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Adipocere aka Gravewax

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A wax like material produced by saponification of body fat in a body buried in alkaline soil. Soft whitish crumbly or greasy material that forms upon the postmortem hydrolysis and hydrogenation of body fats

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Aerobic

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Characterized by the presence of free oxygen. In the presence of free oxygen

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Agglutination

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Intravascular, the increase of viscosity of blood brought about by the clumping of particulate formed elements in blood vessels.

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Agonal bacterial migration

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A process which is the result of capillary permeability changes, where the bacteria from the intestinal area of the body migrate to the blood vascular system and the spread throughout the body

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Amino acid

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Building blocks of proteins

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Anaerobic

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Characterized by the absence of free oxygen. In the absence of free oxygen

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Anasarca

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Generalized edema and subcutaneous tissue. Severe generalized massive edema

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Aneurysm

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Localized abnormal dilation of a blood vessel resulting in a weakness of the vessel. Congenital defect or weakness of the vessel wall

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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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Embalming instrument that is used for blunt dissection with an eye in the hook portion of the instrument for placing ligatures around raised vessels

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Angular bandage scissors

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An instrument which is used for cutting bandages and/or clothing off the deceased

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Angular spring forceps a.k.a. angular vein Forceps a.k.a. drainage forceps

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Drainage instrument designed for the removal of venous blood clots. The multipurpose instrument used in the embalming process. An embalming instrument which allows the removal of blood from the body without using the conventional Drain tube

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Anomaly

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Deviation from the norm

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Antecubital fossa

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Triangular depression in front of the bend of the elbow

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Anterior superior iliac spine a.k.a. hip bone

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A palpable bony protuberance located on the ilium. The superior, broad portion of the hip bone. The origin of the inguinal ligament in the Sartorius muscle

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Arterial tube a.k.a. cannula

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An instrument that is a tube used to inject embalming solution into the body via the arterial vascular system

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Arteriosclerosis

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Disease of the arteries resulting in thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls. The term applied to a number of pathological conditions causing a thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the walls of the arteries

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Artery fixation forceps a.k.a. two hole clamp a.k.a. three hole clamp

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An embalming instrument whose purpose is to hold arterial tubes in the arteries

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Artery and vein scissors

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And embalming instrument used for cutting arteries and veins to enable insertion of the arterial tubes into the arteries in drain tubes into the veins

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Articulation

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Place of union between two or more bones or cartilage

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Articulations-mortis

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The movement of blood from the heart and arteries into the capillaries and veins, which occurs at the moment of death

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Aspiration

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With drawl of gas, fluids, and semi salads from body cavities and Hailer for Sarah by means of suction with aspirator, hose and a trocar

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Atheroma

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Fatty degeneration or thickening of the walls of the large arteries occurring in atherosclerosis

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Bacteremia

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The presence of bacteria in the blood

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Balsamic substance
Resins combined with oil; a fragrant, residents, oily eggs you date from various trees and plants
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Blood vascular system
Circulatory network composed of the heart, arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins
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Anterior boundary
Envelops the lateral border of the pectoralis major muscle
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Posterior boundary
Envelops the lateral border of the latissimus dorsi muscle
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Medial boundary
Where the pectoralis major and latissimus dorsi muscle Blend into the chest wall
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Lateral boundary
Where the pectoralis major and latissimus dorsi muscles Blend into the arm
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Blunt dissection
Utilizing manual techniques to separate and push aside the superficial fascia leading to blood vessels and then the deep fascia surrounding blood vessels.
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Bone separator
An embalming instrument used to maintain the elevation of the vessels above the surface of the skin
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Buccal cavity
Vegetable of the oral cavity; the space between the lips gums and teeth
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Cachexia
Wasting syndrome. General deterioration of the body; the state of our health, malnutrition, and wasting. It may occur in many chronic illnesses as certain malignancies and advanced pulmonary tuberculosis
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Cadaver
Did human body use for medical purposes. Including transplantation anatomical dissection and medical study
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Capillary
Semi permeable my new blood vessels allowing for the diffusion of arterial embalming fluid. Capillaries connect the smallest arteries, arterioles, with the smallest veins, venules , and are where pressure filtration occurs
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Capillary permeability
Ability Of substances to defuse the capillary walls into the tissue spaces
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Circle of transmission
The means by which a pathogen Is passed from host to host
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Clostridium Perfrigen aka clostridium Welchi aka gas bacillus
Anaerobic, several Fetick, spore forming bacterium responsible for gas gangrene in life and tissue gas in death. Discovered by Dr. William Henry Welch
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Coagulation
The process of converting soluble proteins to insoluble Protein by heating or contact with the chemicals such as an alcohol or an Audi hard. Solidification of a liquid until a gelantanious mass
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CoEnzymes or Accelerators
Substances which increase the activity of enzymes
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Coliform organisms
Micro organisms, colon bacillus, Found normally in the colon
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Coli Flora
Bacterial inhabitants of the colon
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Condyle
Rounded articular process on a bone
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Conjunctiva
Mucous membrane that lines the eyelid and covers the white portion of the eye
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Cornea
Trans parent part of the tunic of the eyeball that covers the iris and pupil and emits light into the interior
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Corpse
Legal term referring to a dead body
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Coroner
Elected or appointed officials of a local community who may or may not have medical training and holds inquests concerning sudden, violent and unexplained death.
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Crepitation
Crackling sensation produced when gas is trapped and tissues are palpated as in sub Cantania’s emphysema and or the early stages of tissue gas
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Cribriform Plate
Thin, medial portion of the ethmoid bone of the skull use as a point of entry for cranial aspiration
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Current clot a.k.a. jelly clot
A blood clot which contains all of the blood elements coagulated in an evenly mixed mass
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Cyanosis
Bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes due to lack of oxygen
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Decay
Decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria
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Decontamination
In activation or removal of microbial toxins, as well as of living microbial pathogens themselves
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Diagonal incision
A vascular incision made on vessels by cutting in oblique or slanting direction
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Diastole
Relaxation phase of the heart action, or beat
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Disintegration
Unchecked putrefaction Catch eventually results in a complete breakdown and disappearance of all body structures, except the bones
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Drain tube
Embalming instrument insert it into a vein used to aid the drainage a venous blood from the body
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Endoenzymes
The troop the tablet enzymes of bacterium, produced within the bacterial cell wall

Embalming 111 Test 2 VOCAB (1 decks)

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