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Vocab (6 of 6) Flashcards

1
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inversion, draw stitch) a method of sewing an incision along the edges without entering the opening whereby the suture becomes invisible and the line of suture becomes depressed, which lends it ease of concealment by waxing.

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WORM SUTURE

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Controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which a task is performed; prohibiting recapping of needles, and not allowing blood splatter or aerosolization of blood while draining during the embalming process.

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WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS

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the line of color change at the junction of the wet and dry portions of each mucous membrane.

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WEATHER LINE

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A condition resulting from the use of an embalming solution containing an insufficient amount of preservative to meet the preservation demand of the tissues; the interstitial spaces are overly filled, engorged with water

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WATER-LOGGED

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Injection of an arterial solution composed of a preservative embalming fluid which is diluted with supplemental chemicals such as humectants, water conditioners and co-injections.

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WATERLESS EMBALMING

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Quality of water containing certain substances, especially soluble salts of calcium and magnesium

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WATER HARDNESS

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Preparation room equipment which is a complete water system containing a hydro aspirator, water outlet, goose neck filler for the embalming machine and a snap on hose.

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WATER CONTROL UNIT

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An agent used to remove chemical constituents from municipal water supplies that could interfere with drainage and preservation

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WATER CONDITIONER

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The resistance to the flow of a liquid; the thickness of a liquid

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VISCOSITY

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10
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Internal organs enclosed within a cavity

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VISCERA

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blister-like elevation of skin containing serous fluid

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VESICLE

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12
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Dizziness characterized by a sensation of whirling movement

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VERTIGO

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A narrow, worm-shaped tube connected to the cecum

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VERMIFORM APPENDIX

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Located toward the front of the body; aka anterior

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VENTRAL

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15
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Liquids that serve as a solvent for the numerous ingredients that are incorporated into embalming fluids

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VEHICLE

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16
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The use of the blood vascular system of the body for temporary preservation, disinfection and restoration; accomplished through injection of embalming solutions into the arteries and drainage from the veins

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VASCULAR (ARTERIAL) EMBALMING

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Staphyloccus aureuspathogens that have become re¬sistant to the drugs methicillin and vancomycin

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VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (VRSA

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A drug resis¬tant bacterium found in feces and open wounds. It can also be found associated with nasogastric tubes often in patients who have had long hospitalization.

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VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI (VRE)

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(1632-1723) “Father of Bacteriology.” He made his own microscopes which were superior to any of that time He gave the first complete account of the red blood cell He demonstrated the capillary connections between arteries and veins “Father of Microbiology.” [Dutch]

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VAN LEEUWENHOEK, ANTHONY

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20
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Specially designed tubing which attaches to the outlet of a gravity percolator.

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VALENTINE TUBE

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21
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Apparatus that prevents the back-siphoning of contaminated liquids into potable water supply lines or plumbing cross-connections within the preparation room

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VACUUM BREAKER

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22
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An embalming instrument used to cut tissue and ligature

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UTILITY SCISSORS

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23
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a toxic condition caused by retention in the blood of waste products normally excreted in the urine

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UREMIA

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An approach to infection control According to the concept of Universal Precautions, all.human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious.

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UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS

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Plastic garment designed to cover the entire body from the neck down to and including the feet

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UNIONALL

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26
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an open sore or lesion of skin or mucous membrane accompanied by sloughing of inflamed necrotic tissue

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ULCER

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An evaluation of exposures that are time-weighted over an established period It allows the exposure levels to be averaged generally over an eight-hour time period.

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TIME-WEIGHED AVERAGE /TWA

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in liquids, muddy with particles of extraneous matter, not clear or transparent

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TURBID

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29
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a covering or layer

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TUNIC

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30
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Capable of inducing growth of a tumor

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TUMORIGENIC

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31
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A vascular incision created by making a short transverse incision at a right angle to the long axis of the vessel; then with the point of the scissors inserted into the original opening, a second incision is made parallel to the long axis of the vessel

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T-SHAPED INCISION

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32
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homogeneous mixture of two or more substances able to pass through a semi-permeable membrane The size of the solute particles is less than one nanometer

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TRUE SOLUTION

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33
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A line drawn or visualized on the surface of the body or a prominent anatomic structure used to locate internal structures during cavity embalming, from a point of reference two inches to the left of and two inches superior to the umbilicus

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TROCAR GUIDE

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34
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Preparation room equipment used to insert trocar buttons into trocar punctures created when the trocar is inserted into the body.

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TROCAR BUTTON APPLICATOR

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A plastic threaded screw like device for sealing punctures and small round trocar openings.

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TROCAR BUTTON

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36
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Sharply pointed surgical instrument used in cavity embalming to aspirate the cavities and inject cavity fluid The trocar may also be used for supplemental hypodermic embalming

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TROCAR

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37
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A vascular incision which is made by cutting a small triangular wedge from the wall of the vessel.

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TRIANGULAR INCISION aka WEDGE INCISION

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38
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A physical injury or wound caused by external force or violence

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TRAUMA

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39
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A vascular incision made at 90 degrees to the long axis of the vessel.

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TRANSVERSE INCISION

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40
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Lying at right angles to the long axis of the body

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TRANSVERSE

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41
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The grafting of living tissue from its normal position to another site, or of an organ or tissue from one person to another

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TRANSPLANTATION

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42
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An agonal or postmortem redistribution of host microflora on a hostwide basis.

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TRANSLOCATION

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43
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a poisonous substance of plant, animal, bacterial or fungal origin

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TOXIN

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44
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the presence of toxins in the blood

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TOXEMIA

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45
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Blood clot which forms when the blood plasma passes through the capillary walls and leaves the blood cells behind

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TOUGH DRY CLOTS aka WHITE FIBRIN CLOT

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46
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Disinfection of the surface of the body or an object

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TOPICAL DISINFECTION

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47
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The yellowing/browning of the finger nails and fingers from excessive use of cigarettes; a surface discoloration

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TOBACCO TARS

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48
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Threshold Limit Value

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TLV

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49
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Postmortem accumulation of gas in tissues or cavities brought about by an Anaerobic gas forming bacillus, ex clostridiurn perfringens

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TISSUE GAS

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50
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A general term The solidification of a sol into a gelatinous mass. Agglutination is a specific form of coagulation

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TISSUE COAGULATION

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51
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a substance used to elevate sunken (emaciated) tissues to normal level by hypodermic injection.

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TISSUE BUILDER

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52
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A buzzing or ringing in the ears

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TINNITUS

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53
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the formation or presence of an attached blood clot

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THROMBOSIS

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54
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Preparation room equipment used to pass a ligature underneath a raised vessel.

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THREAD PASSER

55
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The property of certain cells of becoming fluid when shaken, and then becoming solid again.

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THIXOTROPY

56
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Destruction of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues; seared, charred,

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THIRD DEGREE BURNS

57
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Study of death

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THANATOLOGY

58
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Any procedure used to prove a sign of death

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TEST OF DEATH

59
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Institution of disinfection and decontamination measures after the preparation of the remains.

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TERMINAL DISINFECTION

60
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An agent which can cause non-inheritable mutations in offspring

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TERATOGEN

61
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The science of treating the body chemically so as to temporarily inhibit decomposition.

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TEMPORARY PRESERVATION

62
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Chemicals which will affect adversely certain organs

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TARGET ORGAN EFFECTS

63
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Minute petechial hemorrhages caused by the rupture of minute vessels as blood settles into the dependent areas of organs and tissues; it is accompanied by livor mortis. A postmortem, extravascular blood discoloration. Most common in asphyxial or slow deaths.

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TARDIEU SPOTS

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A brown to black band of discolored sclera of the eye. Created by the postmortem drying of the sclera by the air

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TACHE NOIRE

65
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Contraction phase of the heart action, or beat

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SYSTOLE

66
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Effect occurring at sites remote from the route of entry.

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SYSTEMIC

67
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set of signs and symptoms associated with a particular disease (example: Down’s syndrome).

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SYNDROME

68
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Drawing together, or a contraction, of gels which results in the giving off of water

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SYNERESIS

69
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Death brought about by a cessation of cardiac activity, or a failure of heart action, one of three modes of death as described by Bichat

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SYNCOPE

70
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correspondence in size, shape, and relative position of parts that are on opposite sides of the face.

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SYMMETRY

71
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Preparation room instruments which are used to close cuts and incisions by suturing with ligature

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SUTURING NEEDLES

72
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act of sewing; also the completed stitch

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SUTURE

73
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Temporary condition of apparent death

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SUSPENDED ANIMATION

74
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(aka surface tension reducer; wetting, penetrating, or surface-active agent) Chemical that reduces the molecular cohesion of a liquid so it can flow through smaller apertures.

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SURFACTANT

75
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An absorbent material, compress, saturated with an embalming chemical and placed in direct contact with the tissue

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SURFACE PACK

76
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the force that acts on the surface of a liquid and tends to minimize surface area.

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SURFACE TENSION

77
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A discoloration due to the deposit of matter on the skin surface. These discolorations may occur antemortem, during, or after embalming of the body; adhesive tape, ink, iodine, paint, tobacco stains

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SURFACE DISCOLORATION

78
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Dehydration of the dead human body due to the movement of air over the body itself.

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SURFACE EVAPORATION/AIR SWIPE

79
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The direct contact of body tissues with embalming chemicals

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SURFACE EMBALMING

80
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Cloth, wet or dry, folded and applied firmly to a body part

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SURFACE COMPRESS

81
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An incision on the surface of the skin to raise the common carotid arteries It is made along the superior border of the medial one third of the clavicle

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SUPRACLAVICULAR INCISION

82
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Fluid injected for purposes other than preservation and DISINFECTION

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SUPPLEMENTAL FLUID

83
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Anatomically towards the head

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SUPERIOR

84
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Toward the surface

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SUPERFICIAL

85
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eyebrow

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SUPERCILIUM

86
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a physical change of state during which a substance changes directly from a solid to a gas

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SUBLIMATION

87
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Distension of the tissues beneath the skin by gas or air; an antemortem condition brought about by a surgical procedure or trauma

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SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA

88
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Situated or occurring beneath the skin

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SUBCUTANEOUS

89
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a microbe that can only survive in the absence of free oxygen.

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STRICT (OBLIGATE) ANAEROBE

90
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a microbe that can only live in the presence of free oxygen

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STRICT (OBLIGATE) AEROBE

91
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An embalming instrument commonly used on arterial tubes to stop the flow of fluid.

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STOP COCK

92
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A plastic garment covering the entire foot and to the hip to prevent leakage and odor.

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STOCKINGS

93
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Dead at birth; a product of conception either expelled or extracted dead.

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STILLBORN

94
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Delicate instrument used to detect almost inaudible sounds produced in the body.

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STETHOSCOPE

95
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Process that renders a substance free of all microorganisms

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STERILIZATION

96
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Oven or appliance for sterilizing; an autoclave that disinfects by steam under pressure at temperatures above 100 degrees celsius

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STERILIZERS

97
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abnormal constriction of a channel or orifice

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STENOSIS

98
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Injection from one site and drainage from a separate site

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SPLIT INJECTION

99
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A multi-purpose embalming instrument commonly used for holding cotton swabs, wiping out and disinfecting the eyes, restoration treatment and closing the eyes

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SPRING FORCEPS

100
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A preparation room instrument used for the application of wax to the lips of the deceased as well as smoothing out wax on visible areas of the body

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SPATULA (REGULAR

101
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Death of the organism as a whole

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SOMATIC DEATH

102
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A liquid holding another substance in solution

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SOLVENT

103
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Liquid containing dissolved substance

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SOLUTION

104
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The substance that is dissolved in a solution

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SOLUTE

105
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Drug-induced edema wherein the excess fluid is located within the cell. Upon palpation, there is no noticeable depression

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SOLID EDEMA

106
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An unstable salt usually produced in an aqueous solution and used as a bleaching and disinfecting agent

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SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE

107
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A plastic or rubber garment which covers the arm to the area of the wrist to guard or protect against leakage.

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SLEEVES

108
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Condition of decomposition wherein the epidermis begins to separate from the underlying dermal layer

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SKIN-SLIP (DESQUAMATION

109
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Edema in the body appendages, trunk, and/or head as contrasted with edema of the body cavities

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SKELETAL EDEMA

110
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Injection that involves use of both common carotid arteries, both axillary or subclavian arteries, and both femoral or internal iliac arteries

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SIX-POINT INJECTION

111
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Manifestation of death in the body

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SIGN OF DEATH

112
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Procedure whereby the embalmer injects and drains from one site (See one point injection)

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SINGLE POINT INJECTION

113
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Legal limits established by OSHA to which workers can be exposed continuously for a short period of time without damage or injury exposures at the STEL should not be for more than 15 minutes and not repeated more than 4 times per work day.

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SHORT TERM EXPOSURE LIMIT aka STEL

114
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Injection that results in the distribution of embalming fluid primarily to the body surface, with little preservation and disinfection of deeper tissues

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SHELL EMBALMING

115
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OSHA required receptacle for proper disposal of sharps

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SHARPS CONTAINER

116
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Hypodermic needles, suture needles, injector needles, scalpel blades, razor blades, pins and other items sharp enough to cause percutaneous injury, penetration of unbroken skin; may include other items normally not disposed of following use such as scissors, teeth, fingernails, and ribs

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SHARPS

117
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Notched on the edge like a saw, as seen with forceps

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SERRATED

118
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A chemical agent that can “fence off” or “tie up” metal ions so they cannot react with other chemicals

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SEQUESTERING AGENT

119
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vertical cartilage dividing nasal cavity into two chambers, responsible for asymmetry of the nose.

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SEPTUM

120
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Condition characterized by the multiplication of bacteria in blood

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SEPTICEMIA

121
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Pathologic state, resulting from the presence of microorganisms or their products in the blood or other tissues

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SEPSIS

122
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Causing an allergic reaction after repeated exposure

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SENSITIZER

123
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Injection of different regions of the body through the different arteries leading to those regions, as in autopsied cases or multipoint injections

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SECTIONAL INJECTION

124
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that injection taking place after the initial, primary, or first injection

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SECONDARY INJECTION

125
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A condition, which occurs after rigor mortis has left the body where the muscles of the body return to a state of limpness and flaccidity.

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SECONDARY FLACCIDITY

126
Q

Weakening of the embalming solution by the fluids in the body, both vascular and interstitial.

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SECONDARY DILUTION

127
Q

those resulting in acute inflammation of the skin and blisters

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SECOND DEGREE BURN

128
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Material used to provide a barrier or seal against any type of leakage of fluid or blood.

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SEALING AGENTS

129
Q

A two piece embalming instrument consisting of a handle and a blade used to make incisions and excisions

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SCALPEL

130
Q

Bacteria that derive their nutrition from dead organic matter

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SAPROPHYTIC BACTERIA

131
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Process of soap formation; 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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SAPONIFICATION

132
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A process to promote and establish conditions which minimize or eliminate biohazards.

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SANITATION

133
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a yellowish, sickly color of the complexion

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SALLOW

134
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Decomposition of sugars

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SACCHAROLYSIS

Embalming Summer 2014 (6 decks)

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