Other considerations:

Question 1

Autopsy materials should be fixed as soon after death as possible. If not possible, body must be placed in a mortuary ref

Answer 1

temp 4degC

Question 2

should be packed with cotton, soaked in fixative; or the specimen must be completely opened before immersing it in adequate fixing solution

Answer 2

Hollow organs (stomach, intestine )

Question 3

may float on fixative, to prevent it from floating on fixative, cover with several layers of gauze to keep it at the bottom of the container

Answer 3

Air filled lungs

Question 4

Human Brain must undergo INTRAVASCULAR PERFUSION washing out of blood by using

Answer 4

Ringer’s lactate

Question 5

should not be dissected before they are fixed

Answer 5

Eyes

Question 6

immersing specimen in 4% aqueous phenol for 1-3 days

Answer 6

Hard tissues (cervix, uterine, fibroid etc) must undergo LENDRUM’S METHOD