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Vocab (5 of 6) Flashcards

1
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1665-1717) An influential person in medical embalming who is known as the “Father of Embalming.” [Dutch]

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RUYSCH, FREDERICK

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Preparation room equipment applied to the neck creating external pressure to reduce swelling of the neck

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RUBBER WATER COLLAR

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Postmortem stiffening of the body muscles by natural body processes

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RIGOR MORTIS aka CADAVERIC RIGIDITY

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The right side of the heart seen as the center of drainage; used as a site of drainage via instruments from the right internal jugular vein

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RIGHT ATRIUM

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5
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A general purpose embalming instrument which is primarily used to spread incisions and to afford more working room. It can also be used as an aid in eyecap insertion

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RETRACTOR

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Inner lining of the eye that receives the images formed by the lens and transmits those images to the brain through the optic nerve

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RETINA

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7
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Method of injection wherein both common carotid arteries are raised.

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RESTRICTED CERVICAL INJECTION

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Supplemental fluid, used with the regular arterial solution whose purpose is to retain body moisture and retard dehydration

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RESTORATIVE FLUID aka HUMECTANT

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Treatment of the deceased in the attempt to recreate natural form and color

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RESTORATION

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An amorphous, nonvolatile solid or soft side substance, a natural exudation from plants any of a class of solid or soft organic compounds of natural or synthetic origin.

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RESINOUS SUBSTANCE

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11
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To lay at rest

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REPOSE

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12
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Substance that easily loses electrons and there-by causes other substances to be reduced; formaldehyde is a strong reducing agent

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REDUCING AGENT

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13
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Repeated aspiration of a cavity

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REASPIRATION

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14
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A mark of desiccation

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RAZOR BURN aka RAZOR ABRASION

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15
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Speed at which solution is injected; measured in ounces per minute

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RATE OF FLOW

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16
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A chemical element that is similar in chemical properties to another element, but differs in atomic weight and electric charge and emits an atom that disintegrates by emission of electromagnetic radiation

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RADIONUCLIDE

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A chemical element that is similar in chemical properties to another element, but differs in atomic weight and electric charge and emits radiation

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RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE

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The supervisor, in an institution licensed to use radionuclides, that has the responsibility to establish procedures and make recommendations in the use of all radioactive matter.

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RADIATION PROTECTION OFFICER

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19
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Decomposition of proteins by the action of enzymes from anaerobic bacteria

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PUTREFACTION

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20
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Small elevation of the skin with an inflamed base, containing pus

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PUSTULE

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21
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Characteristic pus-filled structure of a disease, such as smallpox, syphilis, and acne.

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PUSTULAR LESION

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Liquid product of inflammation containing various proteins and leukocytes

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PUS

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23
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a suture made around the circumference of a circular opening or puncture to close it or to hold the margins in position

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PURSE STRING SUTURE

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24
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Postmortem evacuation of any substance from an extemal orifice of the body as a result of pressure

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PURGE

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25
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a hole or wound resulting from piercing

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PUNCTURE

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26
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The fibrocartilage that joins the two pubic bones in the median plane

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PUBIC SYMPHYSIS

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Any one of a group of nitrogenous organic compounds formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria on proteins; indole, skatole, cadaverine, and putrescine

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PTOMAINE

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28
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a part that is prominent beyond a surface, like a knob

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PROTUBERANCE

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29
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the state or condition of being thrust forward or projecting

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PROTRUSION

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30
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Decomposition of proteins

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PROTEOLYSIS

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Organic compound found in plants and animals; can be broken down into amino acids.

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PROTEIN

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32
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Tending to ward off disease; preventative

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PROPHYLACTIC

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33
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Projection of the jaw or jaws that may cause problems with mouth closure alignment of the teeth.

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PROGNATHISM

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34
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The recovery of organs or tissues from a cadaver for transplantation purposes.

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PROCUREMENT

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35
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As related to decomposition the conversion of fatty tissues of the body into a soapy waxy substance called adipocere or grave wax.

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PROCESS OF SOAP FORMATION (SAPONIFICATION)

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36
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small proteinaceous infectious agents (particles) which almost certainly do not have a nucleic acid genome and therefore resist inactivation by procedures that modify nucleic acids Prion diseases are often called spongiform encephalopathies because of the post mortem appearance of the brain with large vacuoles in the cortex and cerebellum

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PRION

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37
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The person who has the legal right/custody of the body and can choose whatever type of final disposition

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PRIMARY RIGHT OF DISPOSITION aka PRD

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38
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Artery or arteries initially selected for use in the embalming procedure.

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PRIMARY INJECTION SITE

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39
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A period immediately following death and before rigor mortis occurs, where the muscles of the body are limp and flaccid

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PRIMARY FLACCIDITY

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40
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Vein or veins initially selected for use in the embalming procedure.

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PRIMARY DRAINAGE SITE

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41
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Disinfection carried out prior to the embalming process

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PRIMARY DISINFECTION

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42
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The dilution attained as the embalming solution is mixed in the embalming machine.

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PRIMARY DILUTION

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43
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Positive intravascular pressure causing passage of embalming solution through the capillary causing passage of embalming fluid from an intravascular to an wall to diffuse with the interstitial fluids; extravascular position

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PRESSURE FILTRATION

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44
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A motorized injector used to create positive pressure as required in vascular embalming.

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PRESSURE EMBALMING MACHINE

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45
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The pressure indicated by the injector gauge needle when the injector motor is running and the arterial tubing is clamped off

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POTENTIAL PRESSURE

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46
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Pressure developed as the flow of embalming solution is established and the elastic arterial walls expand and then contract, resulting in filling of the capillary beds and development of pressure filtration

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INTRAVASCULAR PRESSURE

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47
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The amount of pressure produced by an injection device to overcome initial resistance within (intravascular) or on (extravascular) the vascular system (arterial or venous).

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INJECTION PRESSURE

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48
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The difference between potential and actual pressure

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DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE

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49
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The pressure exerted by the blood on the vessel walls measured in millimeters of mercury.

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BLOOD PRESSURE

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50
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That pressure which is indicated by the injector gauge needle when the arterial tube is open and the arterial solution is flowing into the body

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ACTUAL PRESSURE

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51
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The action of a force against an opposing force (a force applied or acting against resistance)

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PRESSURE

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52
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Chemical in powder form; typically used for surface embalming of the remains.

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PRESERVATIVE POWDER

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53
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Amount of preservative (formaldehyde) required to effectively preserve remains depends on the condition of the tissues as determined in the embalming analysis.

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PRESERVATIVE DEMAND aka FORMALDEHYDE DEMAND

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54
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Chemicals which inactivate saprophytic bacteria, render unsuitable for nutrition the media upon decompositionwhich such bacteria thrive, and which will arrest by altering enzymes and lysins of the body as well as converting the decomposable tissue to a form less susceptible to decomposition

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PRESERVATIVE aka FIXERS

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55
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(See Temporary Preservation) The science of treating the body chemically so as to temporarily inhibit decomposition

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PRESERVATION

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56
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That area or facility wherein embalming, dressing, cosmetizing, or other body preparation are effected

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PREPARATION ROOM

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57
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Fluid injected primarily to prepare the vascular system and body tissues for the injection of the preservative vascular (arterial) solution. This solution is injected before the preservative vascular solution is injected

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PREINJECTION FLUID

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58
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The injection of a specialized chemical prior to the injection of a routine arterial chemical.

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PREINJECTION

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59
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A substance bringing about precipitation The oxilates formerly used in water conditioning chemicals are now illegal because of the poisonous nature to the embalmer

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PRECIPITANT

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60
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Embalming equipment used to inject a substance into the mouth, giving the deceased a more life-like appearance by filling out the mouth

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POZE INJECTOR

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61
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Those sealing compounds which are used within vascular incisions, wounds, ulcerations, or other moist areas of the body

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POWDERS

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62
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The pressure indicated by the injector gauge needle when the injector motor is running and the arterial tubing is clamped off

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POTENTIAL PRESSURE

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63
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Degree of acidity or alkalinity The scale ranges from 0 to 14, 0 being completely acid, 14 completely basic, and 7 neutral blood has a ph of 7.35-7.45

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POTENTIAL OF HYDROGEN aka pH

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64
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Pure or drinkable water. Non-potable is contaminated or undrinkable water

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POTABLE WATER

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65
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Extravascular color change that occurs when heme, released by hemolysis of red blood cells, seeps through the vessel walls and into the body tissues

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POSTMORTEM STAIN aka LAKING

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66
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A change in the form or state of matter without any change in chemical composition.

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POSTMORTEM PHYSICAL CHANGES

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67
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That period of time between death and embalming. The sooner embalming takes place the better results.

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POSTMORTEM INTERVAL

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68
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Change in the body’s chemical composition that occurs after death (e.g., decomposition, change in body pH, rigor mortis, postmortem stain, postmortem caloricity).

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POSTMORTEM CHEMICAL CHANGES

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69
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The rise in temperature after death due to continued cellular metabolism.

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POSTMORTEM CALORICITY

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70
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The changing of the blood from a liquid to a semi-solid or from a semi-solid to a solid.

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POSTMORTEM BLOOD COAGULATION

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71
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An embalming instru¬ment for aspirating liquid materials from the trunk cavity of autopsied cases

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POST MORTEM ASPIRATOR aka AUTOPSY ASPIRATOR

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72
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Period that begins after somatic death

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POSTMORTEM

73
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Established by drawing a line along the fold of skin which envelops the lateral border of the latissimus dorsi muscle

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POSTERIOR BOUNDARY

74
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Toward the back

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POSTERIOR

75
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That time period after the arterial injection

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POSTEMBALMING

76
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Preparation room equipment for properly positioning bodies prior to, during, and after vascular embalming

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POSITIONING DEVICES

77
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concerning an entrance to an organ, especially that through which the blood is carried to the liver

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PORTAL

78
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any substance that imperils health or life when absorbed into the body

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POISON

79
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general term used to denote any prolonged inhalation of mineral dust

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PNEUMOCONIOSIS

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Acute infection or inflammation of the alveoli. The alveolar sacs fill up with fluid and dead white blood cells. Causes include bacteria, fungi, and viruses

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PNEUMONIA

81
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Preparation room equipment used to reduce neck swelling by variable air pressure.

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PNEUMATIC COLLAR

82
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Condition in which interstitial spaces contain such excessive amounts of fluid that the skin remains depressed after palpation

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PITTING EDEMA

83
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Postdeath alteration in the body that comprises a physical and a chemical change, for example, rigor mortis, wherein there is a change in pH of the tissues and a stiffening of the muscles

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PHYSICOCHEMICAL POSTMORTEM CHANGE

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Changes which are not primarily responsible for alterations in the chemical composition and properties of the body substances

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PHYSICAL POSTMORTEM CHANGES

85
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a change in the form or state of matter without any change in chemical composition.

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PHYSICAL CHANGE

86
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Extreme sensitivity to light

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PHOTOPHOBIA

87
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the vertical groove located medially on the superior lip; a natural facial marking

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PHILTRUM

88
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an antiseptic/disinfectant employed to dry moist tissues and to bleach See carbolic acid.

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PHENOL

89
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Drugs or medicines

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PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS

90
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Antemortem, pinpoint, extravascular blood discoloration visible as purplish hemorrhages of the skin

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PETECHIA

91
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Agents destructive to adult forms of insect life

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PESTICIDE/INSECTICIDE

92
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Those items of protection worn to minimize exposure to hazards; those items worn by the embalmer to avoid contact with blood and other body fluids

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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT aka PPE

93
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The maximum legal limits established by osha for regulated substances these are based on employee exposure that are time-weighted over an eight-hour work shift. When these limits are exceeded, employers must take proper steps to reduce employee exposure For formaldehyde, the PEL is .75 ppm

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PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMIT aka PEL

94
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Inflammation of the peritoneum, the membranous coat lining the abdominal cavity and investing the viscera

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PERITONITIS

95
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Weakness in the extremities due to damage or degeneration of the peripheral nerves.

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PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

96
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To force a fluid through (an organ or tissue), especially by way of the blood vessels; injection during vascular (arterial) embalming

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PERFUSION

97
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Chemicals found in embalming arterial formulations having the capability of displacing an unpleasant odor or of altering an unpleasant odor so that it is converted to a more pleasant one. Historically called reodorants

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PERFUMING AGENTS aka MASKING AGENTS

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Effected through unbroken skin

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PERCUTANEOUS

99
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Substance able to destroy lice

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PEDICULICIDE

100
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Antemortem discoloration that occurs during the course of certain diseases; gangrene and jaundice

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PATHOLOGICAL DISCOLORATION

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Diseased; due to a disease

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PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION

102
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Capable of producing disease

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PATHOGENIC

103
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Method by which solutes and/or solvents cross through a membrane with no energy provided by the cells of the membrane. In embalming, examples include pressure filtration, dialysis, diffusion, and osmosis

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PASSIVE TRANSPORT SYSTEM

104
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occurs when venous drainage from an area is decreased

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PASSIVE CAPILLARY CONGESTION

105
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In contaminated air, the parts of vapor or gas (formaldehyde) per million parts of air by volume; in solution the parts of chemical per million parts of solution

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PARTS PER MILLION aka PPM

106
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Piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier through such events as needlesticks, human bites, cuts and abrasions

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PARENTERAL

107
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Substances which temporarily or permanently inhibits and enzyme’s action.

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PARALYZER OR INACTIVATOR

108
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Incision on the surface of the skin to raise the common carotid arteries, it is made along the posterior border of the inferior one-third of the stemocleidomastoid muscle

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PARALLEL INCISION

109
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A plastic garment which fits tightly around the waist and thighs of the deceased to guard against leakage and to avoid stains and odors

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PANTS

110
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To examine by touch

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PALPATE

111
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Embalming instrument used in filling the external orifices of the body

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PACKING FORCEPS

112
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Liquids or gels, usually available in spray or pack form, which are generally used in cases of skin slip, ulcerations and other surface involvements.

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PACK APPLICATION/SURFACE APPLICATION

113
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Method of eye closure in which the upper lid is placed on top of the lower lid

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OVERLAP

114
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Preservation of the body’s surface (to dry and harden lesions), of excisions and cavities, or of areas that received inadequate arterial preservative Materials used in osmotic embalming include surface packs, embalming powders, and autopsy gels.

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OSMOTIC EMBALMING aka SURFACE EMBALMING

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The passage of solvent from a solution of lesser to one of greater solute concentration when the two solutions are separated by a semipermeable membrane aka hindered diffusion

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OSMOSIS

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Entrance or outlet of any body cavity; an opening

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ORIFICE

117
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The mouth and the vestibule, or the opening to the throat

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ORAL CAVITY

118
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The most favorable condition for functioning

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OPTIMUM

119
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Other Possibly Infectious Material (or matter)

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OPIM

120
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An optical instrument with an accompanying light that makes it possible to examine the retina and to explore for blood circulation

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OPHTHALMOSCOPE

121
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Any and all techniques to treat a problem area, excision, incision, wicking.

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OPERATIVE CORRECTIONS

122
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A cosmetic medium able to cover or hide skin discolorations

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OPAQUE COSMETIC

123
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Injection and drainage from one location

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ONE POINT INJECTION

124
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A Governmental Agency with the responsibility for regulation and enforcement agency may supercede the u.shealth matters for most united states employees; an individual state osha of safety and department of labor osha regulations.

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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION / OSHA

125
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Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral, contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of a worker’s duties

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OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE

126
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slanting or inclined, neither perpendicular nor horizontal

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OBLIQUE

127
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Abnormal amount of fat on the body

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OBESE

128
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An involuntary, rapid movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side

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NYSTAGMUS

129
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National Toxicology Program

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NTP

130
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Infection acquired in a hospital

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NOSOCOMIAL

131
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A type of arterial fluid which contains inactive dyes that will not impart a color change upon the body tissues of the deceased

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NON-COSMETIC FLUID aka PASSIVE DYE

132
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Metabolic by-products that contain nitrogen, such as urea and uric acid These compounds have a high affinity for formaldehyde and tend to neutralize embalming chemicals.

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NITROGENOUS WASTE

133
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Inflammation of the kidneys

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NEPHRITIS

134
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A material capable of causing an abnormal growth of tissue

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NEOPLASTIC AGENT

135
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The abnormal, excessive and uncontrolled multiplication of cells with the formation of a mass or new growth of tissue

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NEOPLASM aka TUMOR

136
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A mechanical device used to impel specially designed metal pins into bone.

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NEEDLE INJECTOR

137
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Preparation room equipment used to hold suturing needles and keep them in good condition; an instrument used to hold a suturing needle while suturing

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NEEDLE HOLDER

138
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Pathological death of a tissue still a part of the living organism

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NECROSIS

139
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Antemortem, physiological death of the cells of the body followed by their replacement most cells in the body are completely replaced every 14 years

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NECROBIOSIS

140
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Tests and certifies respiratory protective devices and air sampling detector tubes, recommends occupational exposure limits for various substances, and assists OSHA inoccupational safety and health investigations and research.

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH NIOSH

141
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Embalming instrument used to aspirate the throat by means of the nostrils.

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NASAL TUBE ASPIRATOR

142
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the anterior fold of the cheek which descends laterally along the upper lip from the wing of the nose; a natural facial marking

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NASOLABIAL FOLD

143
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Space between the roof of the mouth and the floor of the cranial cavity

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NASAL CAVITY

144
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A central nervous system depressant which can cause symptoms including headache, lightheadedness, dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue. In high concentrations, stupor and unconsciousness can occur

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NARCOTIC

145
Q

Unconsciousness produced by a drug, usually narcotics, and certain toxic chemicals.

A

NARCOSIS

146
Q

the nostrils

A

NARES

147
Q

Disfigured by a loss of a natural part because of the application of force

A

MUTILATED

148
Q

A material which can cause inheritable genetic changes in offspring

A

MUTAGEN

149
Q

Method of mouth closure in which a suture is passed through the septum of the nose and through the mentalis muscle of the chin

A

MUSCULATURE SUTURE

150
Q

The complete or extreme dehydration of a dead human body

A

MUMMIFICATION

151
Q

Vascular injection from two or more arteries

A

MULTIPOINT INJECTION (MULTIPLE-SITE)

152
Q

A device used in the mouth to shape the contour of the lips

A

MOUTH FORMER

153
Q

A paste to fix or fill

A

MORTUARY PUTTY

154
Q

In a dying state; in the agonal period

A

MORIBUND

155
Q

Those agents which will prohibit the growth of mold

A

MOLD PREVENTATIVE

156
Q

Necrotic tissue that is wet as a result of inadequate venous drainage; may be accompanied by bacterial infection

A

MOIST (WET) GANGRENE

157
Q

Chemicals added to the embalming solution to deal with varying demands predicated upon the embalming fluid to be used.type of embalming, and the environment

A

MODIFYING AGENTS

158
Q

Composition of two or more substances that are not chemically bound to each other.

A

MIXTURE

159
Q

The smallest dose of a poison (or radiation) on record that produces death.

A

MINIMUM LETHAL DOSE (MLD)

160
Q

That amount of radioactive material in which 37 million disintergrate each second.

A

MILLICURIE / MC ATOMS

161
Q

A vertical line drawn from the center of the medial border of the base of the axillary space.

A

MID-AXILLARY LINE

162
Q

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

A

MICROBE (MICROORGANISM)

163
Q

Pathogenic bacterial Staphylococcus aureus, resis¬tant to most drugs. A causative agent of bedsores, surgical wound infections, skin and nose infections, and pneumonia.

A

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS aka MRSA

164
Q

An embalming instrument which permits embalming fluid to flow in two different directions simultaneously

A

METAL Y

165
Q

An embalming instrument used to stop the flow of fluids through tubing

A

METAL CUT-OFF/METAL CLAMP HOSE CLAMP

166
Q

Inflammation of the meninges

A

MENINGITIS

167
Q

The brown to black-brown pigment in the epidermis and hair which occurs in person of all race.

A

MELANIN

168
Q

Methyl ethyl ketone

A

MEK

169
Q

An official elected or appointed to investigate suspicious or unnatural death.

A

MEDICAL EXAMINER

170
Q

Toward the midline

A

MEDIAL

171
Q

An electrical appliance which forces air into a machine resulting in pressure.

A

MECHANICAL APPARATUS (MECHANICAL AIR PRESSURE MACHINE)

172
Q

a paired bone with several processes that form the skeletal base of most of the superior face, roof of the mouth, sides of the nasal cavity, and floor of the orbit

A

MAXILLA

173
Q

This must accompany a hazardous product; a requirement of the Department of Labor and OSHA under the hazard communication standard

A

MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET / MSDS

174
Q

Manipulation of tissue in the course of preparation of the body. Always move towards the heart

A

MASSAGE

175
Q

Method of mouth closure in which a suture is passed through the Septum of the nose and around the mandible

A

MANDIBULAR SUTURE

176
Q

the horseshoe-shaped bone forming the inferior jaw

A

MANDIBLE

177
Q

(1628-1694) An influential person in medical embalming who was the first to note capillary circulation and was later known as the “Father of Microscopic Anatomy.” “Father of Histology.” [Italian]

A

MALPIGHI, MARCELLO

178
Q

An insect larva; especially flies

A

MAGGOT

179
Q

In its broadest sense, refers to the moistening, and softening, of any tissue decomposing in a liquid medium

A

MACERATION

Embalming Summer 2014 (6 decks)

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