Restorative Art Vocab R-S Flashcards
Trade name (from French) for a creamy (slightly yellowish) color; a color between beige and rose; accepted as the universal powder for women.
Rachel
Energy traveling through space in the form of electromagnetic waves of various lengths.
Radiant Energy
To spread out from a common point.
Radiate
The vertical portion of the mandible.
Ramus
A seam in the midline.
Raphe
A dark, purplish-red color.
Raspberry
The relationship between two numbers (measurements) usually expressed by the division of one number by the other.
Ratio
A comb with a long, thin handle employed in curling hair.
Rat-tail comb.
A darkened, air-dried area on the skin resulting from removal of the epidermis while shaving.
Razor Burn
Redistribution of massage cream to insure a uniform density.
Reblend
To move backward from a fixed point or surface; movement to a posterior position.
Recede
The withdrawal of a part form its normal position
Recession
A four-sided figure having four right angles.
Rectangular
To diminish in size, mass, or projection.
Reduce
Substance that easily loses electrons and thereby causes other substances to be reduced; formaldehyde is a strong example of this.
Reducing Agent
The return of light waves from surfaces; the bending or folding back of a part upon itself.
Reflection
To lay at rest.
Repose
The location of the same color at several places in an arrangement to achieve balance.
Repetition
Treatment of the deceased in the attempt to recreate natural form and color.
Restoration
Supplemental fluid, used with the regular arterial solution whose purpose is to retain body moisture and retard dehydration.
Restorative Fluid (Humectant)
The care of the deceased to recreate natural form and color.
Restorative Art
To bring back the outward appearance by artificial or natural means.
Restore
Neural tunic of the eyeball; contains the photoreceptor cells for vision.
Retina
An instrument with bent prongs for drawing back the edges of a wound.
Retractor
A nose which is turned up superiorly at its tip..
Retrousse
The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of a circular or curving form, as the ___ of the eye socket.
Rim
The narrow superficial band of muscle which pulls the angle of the mouth laterally.
Risorius Muscle (Laughing Muscle, False Smile Muscle)
The long, rod-shaped sensory bodies of the retina of the eye responsive to light but not color.
Rods of the Eye
The aquiline profile of the nose.
Roman
The apex (top) of the pyramidal mass of the nose which lies directly inferior to the forehead; the concave dip inferior to the forehead (profile view).
Root of the Nose
A red pigment used as a cosmetic.
Rouge
A frontal head form in which the head exhibits maximum curvature.
Round (Infantine)
An acronym for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
ROYGBIV
Preparation room equipment applied to the neck creating external pressure to reduce swelling of the neck.
Rubber Water Collar
Red complexion; having a healthy reddish color, said of the complexion, more vivid than florid.
Ruddy
Wrinkles or folds.
Rugae
The median vertical line dividing the body into right and left halves.
Sagittal Line
The articulation of the Parietal Bones at the top of the skull.
Sagittal Suture
Of or pertaining to the fluid secreted by the glands of the mouth.
Salivary
A yellowish, sickly color of the complexion.
Sallow
As related to decomposition, the conversion of fatty tissues of the body into a soapy waxy substance called adipocere or grave wax.
Saponification (Process of Soap Formation)
A visual aspect indicating the vividness of the hue in the degree of difference from a gray of the same lightness.
Saturation
A curst over a healing sore or wound.
Scab
A crusted sore or wound that is exuding moisture, serum, or pus.
Scab Oozing
Fossa between the inner and outer rims of the ear; the shallowest depression of the ear.
Scapha
A bright red color inclining toward orange.
Scarlet
From Greek for hard.
Sclera
Outer fibrous tunic of the eyeball. The white portion of the eye.
Sclera of the Eye
A quick-drying liquid which leaves a hard, transparent coat or layer through which moisture cannot pass.
Sealer
To cauterize tissues by heat or chemical in order to provide a dry foundation.
Sear(ing)
Those resulting in acute inflammation of the skin and blisters.
Second Degree Burn
Equal mixture of the two primary pigmentary hues (orange, green, and purple).
Secondary Hue/Color
That injection taking place after the initial, primary, or first injection.
Secondary Injection
Injection of different regions of the body through the different arteries leading to those regions, as in autopsied cases or multipoint injections.
Sectional Injection