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Test 1 - Vocabulary Words Flashcards

1
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To bluntly adjoin another structure; for example the line of eye closure. To touch or contact the tarsal plates of the closed eyelids

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Abut

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Escape of blood serum from an intravacular to an extravascular location immediately before death

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Agonal Edema

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3
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Increase in body temperature right before death

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Agonal Fever

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4
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The period right before somatic death

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Agonal Period

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5
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Redistribution of endemic microflora on a host-wide basis immediately before death

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Agonal Translocation

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6
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Method of injection and drainage embalming solution is injected and then injection is stopped while drainage is open

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Alternate Drainage

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7
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Is a safety and health organization that could have higher standards than OSHA

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ACGIH

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8
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Dispersed minute particles of blood and water that become atomized and suspended in the air

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Aerolization

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9
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A period of time right before death

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Agonal

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10
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Decrease in body temperature right before death

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Agonal Algor

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11
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Localized abnormal dilation of a blood vessel

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Aneurysm

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12
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Used for placing ligature under a blood vessel after it is raised

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Aneurysm Needle

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13
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Designed for the removal of veinous blood clots

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Angular Spring Forceps AKA Drainage Forceps

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14
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Triangular depression if the front of the elbow

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Anticubital Fossa

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15
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A palpable, bony protrubarence located on the ilium

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Anterior Superior Iliac Spine AKA Hipbone

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16
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Manifestations of life are feebly maintained

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Apparent Death

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17
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Agent that has the ability to retard bacterial growth

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Bacteriostatic Agent

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18
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Resins combined with oil; a fragrant, resinous, oily exudate from various trees and plants

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Balsamic Substance

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19
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Established by drawing a line along the fold of the skin which envelops the pectoralis major muscle

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Anterior Boundary

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20
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Envelops the lateral border of the latissimus dorsi muscle

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Posterior Boundary

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21
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Connects the two points where the pectoralis major and latissimus dorsi muscles blend into the chest wall

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Medial Boundary

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22
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Pectoralis major and the latissimus dorsi blend into the arm

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Lateral Boundary

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23
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Thickening and hardening of the arterial walls

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Arteriosclerosis

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24
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Place of union between two or more bones or cartilage `

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Articulation

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25
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Freedom from infection and any form of life

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Asepsis

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26
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Fatty degeneration or thickening of walls which lead to atherosclerosis

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Atheroma

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27
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Apparatus used for sterilization by steam pressure

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Autoclave

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28
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Carcinogen produced when formaldehyde is combined with sodium hypochlorite

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Bicholoromethyl Ether

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29
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Microorganisms present in human blood and can cause disease in humans

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Bloodborne Pathogens

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30
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Regulating the employees exposure to blood and other body fluids

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Bloodborne pathogen standard

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31
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Using manual techniques to or different instruments to separate the superficial fascia rather than cutting it

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Blunt Dissection

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32
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A suture consisting of individually cut and tied stitched employed to sustain the proper position of tissues

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Bridge Suture AKA Temporary Interrupted AKA Interrupted Suture

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33
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Vestibule of the oral cavity

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Buccal Cavity

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34
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Self contained manual pump made from soft rubber designed to create pressure to deliver arterial fluid as it passes through one-way valves located within the bulb

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Bulb Syringe

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35
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Ascending and arch of the aorta is best used for what in embalming?

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Center of arterial solution distribution

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36
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The right atrium of the heart is best used for what in embalming?

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Center of venous drainage

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37
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Substance used as an anticoagulant in embalming solutions that binds metallic ions

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Chelate

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38
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Several communicating boils of the skin and subcutaneous tissue with the production and discharge of pus

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Carbuncle

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39
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A cancer causing chemical

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Carcinogen

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40
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Formation of different locations in an organ or tissue

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Cavitation

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41
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Application of chemical agents in the treatment of diseases primarily cancer

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Chemotherapy

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42
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A phase of somatic death lasting 5 or 6 minutes when life can be restored

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Clinical Death

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43
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Limits exposure to drainage

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Closed System Drainage

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44
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Disinfection practices carried out during embalming

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Concurrent disinfection

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45
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Something occurring during the embalming process

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Concurrent drainage

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46
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Rounded process on a bone

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Condyle

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47
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Lines the eyelid and covers the white portion of the eye

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Conjunctiva

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48
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Cracking sensation produced when gases trapped in tissues are palpated

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Crepitation

49
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The point best used for cranial aspiration

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Cribriform Plate

50
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Person close to death that has air passing through the trachea and and mouth

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Death Rattle

51
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Twictches occurring before death

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Death Struggle

52
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Covers the iris and pupil and admits light into the interior

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Cornea

53
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Part of the cornea recovered for transplants

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Corneal Sclera Button

54
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Seperation of microbial compounds by autolytic enzymes

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Decomposition

55
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Differences between potential and actual pressure

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Differential Pressure

56
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Record of the electrical activity of the heart

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EKG or Electrocardiogram

57
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Record of the electrical activity on the brain

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EEG or Electroencephalogram

58
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Applied to inaminate objects to clean it. Cleans microbial agents

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Disinfectant

59
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Destruction of most pathogenic agents

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Disinfection

60
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Acts as a biological catalyst

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Enzyme

61
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Any procedure used to check if someone is deceased

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Expert Tests of Death

62
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A employee coming in contact with blood or potentially hazardous materials

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Exposure Incident

63
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Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially hazardous

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Exposure Occupational

64
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Agency of federal government formed in 1914 to promote free and fair trade

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FTC

65
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Lesions of the mucous membrane of the mouth and lips

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Fever Blisters

66
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From outside the body

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Extrinsic

67
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Removal of the eye for tissue transplantation

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Eye Enucleation

68
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Is eye Enucleation Discoloration a stain or a discoloration?

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Stain

69
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Also called tryglyceride ester

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Fat

70
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Derived unit that measures a dose of absorbed radiation

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Gray

71
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Instrument used to guide drainage tubes in to veins

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Groove Director

72
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A large hypodermic syringe attached to a bottle apparatus; Old school

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Hand Pump

73
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OSHA regulation that deals with 41 identifying and limit in exposure

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Hazard Communication Standard

74
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Small percentage of hypochlorite solution

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Bleach

75
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Blood in vomit

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Hematemesis

76
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Iron- containing pigment in the blood that can carry oxygen to other cells

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Hemoglobin

77
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Readily absorbing moisture

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Hygroscopic

78
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Blood settling to the dependent portions of the body

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Hypostasis

79
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Condition caused by the growth of a pathogenic organism

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Infectious Disease

80
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A bacterial disease caused by pneumonia, dry cough and gastrointestinal symptoms

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Legionnares Disease

81
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Cavity or opening of an artery, vein or intestine

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Lumen

82
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Hydrolytic enzyme that acts destructively upon cells and tissues

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Lysin

83
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Organelle within, but separates from a cell containing hydrolytic enzymes that break down proteins

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Lysosomes

84
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Space between the roof of the mouth and the floor of the cranial cavity

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Nasal Cavity

85
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Inflammation of the kidneys

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Nephritis

86
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A minute one celled form of life not distinguishable as to vegetable or animal nature

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Microbe

87
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The amount of radioactive material in which 37 million disintegrate each second

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Millicurie

88
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In a dying state, in the agonal period

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Moribund

89
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Any and all techniques to treat a problem are, excision, incision, channeling and wicking

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Operative Aids

90
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Used in filling the external orifices of the body

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Packing Forceps

91
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To examine by touch

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Palpate

92
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Piercing the mucous membrane or the skin barrier by needles and other things

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Parenteral

93
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Effected through unbroken skin

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Percutaneous

94
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To force a fluid through especially by ways of the blood vessels

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Perfusion

95
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Liquid prduct of inflammation

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Pus

96
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Both common carotids are raised to control entry of arterial solution to the head

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Restricted cervical Injection

97
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The recovery of organs or tissues from a cadaver for transplantation purposes

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Procurement

98
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Projection of the jaw that causes problems with mouth closure

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Prognathism

99
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The action of putrefactive bacteria on proteins

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Ptomaine

100
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The center of drainage

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Right Atrium

101
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Material used to provide a barrier or a seal against leaky bodies

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Sealing Agents

102
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Agent that isolates metal ions so they cant adversely react with blood or water

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Sequestering Agent

103
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Situated or occurring beneath the skin

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Subcutaneous

104
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An unstable salt usually produced in an aquaeous solution

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Sodium Hypochlorite

105
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Injection from one site and a drainage site

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Split Injection

106
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Reduces the molecular cohesion of the blood

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Surfactant

107
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Small blood vessels rupture and cause discoloring

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Tardieu Spot

108
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Infection carried out after the embalming process

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Terminal Disinfection

109
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A yellowing or browning of the fingernails after death because of excessive smoking; Antemortem discoloration

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Tobacco Tars

110
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Disinfection of the surface of the body or an object

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Topical Disinfection

111
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An agonal or postmortem redistribution of host micro flora on a host wide basis

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Translocation

112
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Denotes lying at a right angle to the long body of the axis

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Transverse

113
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Apparatus that prevents the back siphoning of contaminated liquids into potable water lines

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Vacuum Breaker

114
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Blood vessels supplying nutrients to the larger arteries and veins

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Vasa Vasorum

115
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Liquids that serve as a solvent

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Vehicle

116
Q

Internal organ closed within a cavity

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Viscera

117
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Unable to meet the preservative demand for a tissue

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Waterlog

118
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Reduces the likelihood of exposure of a hazard by altering the manner in which a task is performed

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Work Practice Control

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