Vocab for Exam 2 MORS 113 Flashcards
An embalming instrument for aspirating liquid materials from the trunk cavity of autopsied cases.
Postmortem-Autopsy Aspirator (Autopsy Aspirator)
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.
Spatula (Regular)
Substance able to destroy lice.
Pediculicide
A vascular incision that is made lengthwise on a vessel.
Longitudinal Incision
Manipulation of tissue in the course of preparation of the body. Always move towards the heart.
Massage
Inactivation or removal of microbial toxins, as well as of living microbial pathogens themselves.
Decontamination
A minute, one celled form of life not distinguishable as to vegetable or animal nature.
Microbe (Microorganism)
Microorganisms (colon bacillus) found normally in the colon.
Coliform Organisms
A general term.
- The solidification of a solid into a gelatinous mass.
- This is a specific form of agglutination.
Tissue Coagulation
Thin, medial portion of the ethmoid bone of the skull.
Cribriform Plate
An embalming instrument used for cutting arteries and veins to enable insertion of the arterial tubes into the arteries and drain tubes into the veins.
Artery And Vein Scissors
Contraction phase of the heart action, or beat.
Systole
Condition in which interstitial spaces contain such excessive amounts of fluid that the skin remains depressed after palpation.
Pitting Edema
Fluid outside or between the cells of the body.
Intercellular Fluid
Period that begins after somatic death.
Postmortem
An insect larva; especially flies.
Maggot
Drawing together, or a contraction, of gels which results in the giving off of water.
Syneresis
Decomposition of proteins by the action of enzymes from anaerobic bacteria.
Putrefaction
A process which is the result of capillary permeability changes, where the bacteria from the intestinal area of the body migrate to the blood vascular system and is spread throughout the body.
Agonal Bacterial Migration
In front of the elbow/in the bend of the elbow.
Antecubital
A diminished, or lowered, coagulability of blood.
Hypinosis
A clean cut made with a sharp instrument.
- In embalming, a cut made with a scalpel to raise arteries and veins.
Incision
Preparation room equipment used for scrubbing, cleaning, and disinfection purposes.
Hand Brush
The mouth and the vestibule, or the opening to the throat.
Oral Cavity
The true metabolic enzymes of bacterium.
- Produced within the bacterial cell wall.
Endoenzymes
Preparation room equipment on which human remains are placed for the embalming procedure.
Embalming Table
Localized abnormal dilation of out pocketing of a blood vessel resulting from a congenital defect or a weakness in a vessel wall.
Aneurysm
Fluid contained within vascular channels.
- About one-twentieth of the body weight.
Intravascular Fluid
Organelle that exists within a cell, but separate from the cell.
- Contains hydrolytic enzymes that break down proteins and certain carbohydrates.
Lysosome
An embalming instrument commonly used on arterial tubes to stop the flow of fluid.
Stop Cock
The fibrocartilage that joints the two pubic bones in the median plane.
Pubic Symphysis
Intravascular: The increase of viscosity of blood brought about by the clumping of particulate formed elements in the blood vessels. Coagulation is a specific type of this.
Agglutination
A blood clot which contains all of the blood elements coagulated in an evenly mixed mass.
Current Clot (Jelly Clot, Cruor Clot)
A mark of desiccation.
Razor Burn (Razor Abrasion)
The non-protein portion of hemoglobin.
- The red pigment of the hemoglobin
Heme
Any and all techniques to treat a problem area.
- Excision, incision, wicking.
Operative Corrections
Bacterial inhabitants of the colon.
Coli-Flora
Preparation room instruments which are used to close cuts and incisions by suturing with ligature.
Suturing Needles
A general purpose embalming instrument which is primarily used to spread incisions and to afford more working room.
- Can also be used to aid in eyecap insertion.
Retractor
An embalming instrument used to clamp vessels.
Hemostat/Lock Forceps
Enzymes which function outside of the bacterial cell wall.
Exoenzymes
The separation and pushing aside of the superficial fascia leading to blood vessels and then the deep fascia surrounding blood vessels.
- Utilizing manual techniques or round ended instruments which separate rather than cut the protective tissues.
Blunt Dissection
Bacterial that derive their nutrition from dead organic matter.
Saprophytic Bacteria
Preparation room equipment used to hold suturing needles and keep them in good condition.
- An instrument used to hold a suturing needle while suturing.
Needle Holder
Discharge or withdrawal of blood, interstitial fluid and embalming fluids from the body during vascular embalming.
- Usually removed through a vein of the body.
Drainage
Dehydration of the dead human body due to the movement of air over the body itself.
Surface Evaporation Swipe (Air Swipe)
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.
Resinous Substance
Instrument used to guide drainage tubes into veins.
Groove Director
A tube used to inject embalming fluid into the body vascular system.
Arterial Tube (Cannula)
Withdrawal of gas, fluids, and semi-solids from body cavities and hollow viscera by means of suction with an aspirator and a trocar.
Aspiration
Unchecked putrefaction eventually results in a complete breakdown and disappearance of all body structures, except the bones.
Disintegration
Extravasation of blood into a tissue.
Suggillation (Ecchymosis, Bruise, Contusion)
A vascular incision which is made by cutting a small triangular wedge from the wall of vessel.
Triangular Incision (Wedge Incision)
A period immediately following death and before rigor mortis occurs, where the muscles of the body are limp and flaccid.
Primary Flaccidity
A change in the form or state of matter without any change in chemical composition.
Postmortem Physical Change
A vascular incision made at 90 degrees to the long axis of the vessel.
Transverse Incision
Death of the organism as a whole.
Functional Death (Somatic Death)
Embalming instrument used to aspirate the throat by means of the nostrils.
Nasal Tube Aspirator
The complete or extreme dehydration of a dead human body.
Mummification
Piece of equipment used to maintain the head in the proper position during the embalming process.
Head Rest