Restorative Art Vocab C Flashcards
General deterioration of the body; a state of ill health, malnutrition, and wasting. It may occur in many chronic diseases as certain malignancies and advanced pulmonary tuberculosis.
Cachexia (Wasting Syndrome)
The term used to refer to a deceased person who is donated for medical research.
Cadaver
(1) Several communicating boils of the skin and subcutaneous tissues with the production and discharge of pus and dead tissue; (2) Circumscribed inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues that ends in suppuration and is accompanied by systemic symptoms, such as fever and leukocytosis.
Carbuncle
In cosmetology, a compressed powder.
Cake
Any malignant neoplasm, marked by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.
Cancer
The dome-like superior portion of the cranium, that portion removed during cranial autopsy.
Calvarium
Any great distortion of facial proportions or malformity.
Cannon of Ugliness
Minute blood vessels, the walls of which comprise a single layer of endothelial cells. Capillaries connect the smallest arteries (arteriole) with the smallest veins (venule) and are where pressure filtration occurs.
Capillaries
Rosy flow in the cheeks.
Capillary Flush
Colorless crystals liquefied by water, which is an antiseptic/disinfectant and dries moist tissues and bleaches discolored tissue. This is a derivative of coal tars.
Carbolic Acid (Phenol)
A colorless liquid solvent banned to the public but available as a mortuary hair-cleaner.
Carbon Tetrachloride
Purplish-red in coloration.
Carmine
The yellow pigment of the skin.
Carotene
Pertaining to the wrist.
Carpal
A specialized type of dense connective tissue; attached to the ends of bones and forming parts of structure, such as the nasal septum and the framework of the ear.
Cartilage
Any object which has been made from a mold; the positive reproduction obtained from a negative impression.
Cast (Casting)
Pertaining to, or characteristic of the white race; the division of mankind comprising the chief races of Europe, North Africa and Southwestern Asia; named this race on the supposition that the people of the Caucasus were typical of the race.
Caucasian
A chemical capable of drying tissues by searing.
Caustic
A chemical capable of drying tissues by searing; caustic.
Cauterizing Agent
A hollow place or area.
Cavity
A substance used to promote the adhesion of two separated surfaces, such as the lips, the eyelids, or the margins of an incision.
Cement
Situated at or pertaining to a center.
Central
Brain and spinal cord.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Barrel-shaped organelle formed of microtubules and located near the nucleus of the cell; active in cell division.
Centriole
The head.
Cephalic
Brain region that is attached to the pons and smoothes and coordinates body movements.
Cerebellum
The narrow cavity of the midbrain that connects the third and forth ventricles.
Cerebral Aqueduct
The external, gray matter region of the cerebral hemispheres.
Cerebral Cortex
Neck; any neck-like structure.
Cervix
Reduced to carbon; the state of tissues destroyed by burning.
Charred
Funnel-shaped openings, especially of the posterior nares; one of the communicating passageways between the nasal fossae and the pharynx.
Choanae
The fleshy wall of the face below the eye; it is bounded superiorly by the eye and the zygomatic arch, posteriorly and inferiorly by the mandible, and anteriorly by the nose and naso-labial fold.
Cheek
Substances that bind metallic ions such as EDTA (Ethylenediamine-tetraceticacid) used as an anticoagulant in embalming solutions.
Chelate
The prominence overlying the mental eminence; located at the medial-inferior part of the face.
Chin (Mentum)
An apparatus employed to hold the lower jaw in position while embalming.
Chin Rest
A colorless volatile liquid (CHC13) having an etherial odor and sweetish taste; used as a solvent to smooth wax surfaces.
Chloroform
Color intensity or purity.
Chroma
A color having hue; a color of the visible spectrum.
Chromatic Color
The eyelashes.
Cilia
Motile, hair like projection from the apical surface of certain epithelial cells.
Cilium
Comprised of 9 arteries: The right and left internal carotid arteries, the anterior communicating artery, which serves to link the right and left anterior cerebral arteries, the right and left posterior cerebral arteries and the right and left posterior communicating arteries.
Circle of Willis
Identification of chromatic colors as Primary, Secondary, Intermediate or Tertiary.
Classification of Hues
Anaerobic, saprophytic, spore-forming bacterium responsible for tissue gas.
Clostridium Perfringens (Gas Bacillus, in death: Tissue Gas)
Snail-shaped chamber of the bony labyrinth in the inner ear; houses the receptor for hearing.
Cochlea (Spiral Organ, Organ or Corti)
Wet strips of cotton so placed as to support features during (and immediately after) arterial embalming.
Cold Water Sling
A clear syrup-like liquid which evaporates, leaving a contractile, white film; a liquid sealer.
Collodion
A suspension of pigments in a liquid vehicle bound together in such a manner that there is no separation of particles.
Colloid
A visual sensation perceived by the eye and the mind due to the activity and vibration of light.
Color
The cosmetically treated surface, substance used to produce the color of objects such as dyes, pigments, inks, and paints.
Colorant
Total or partial inability to distinguish and recognize colors.
Color Blind
Illumination of an identifiable hue.
Colored Light