Vocabulary (E's) Flashcards
Extravasation of blood into a tissue.
Ecchymosis aka Suggillation aka Bruise aka Contusion
A disease of the skin characterized by itching, redness and scaling.
Eczema
Record of the electrical activity of the heart.
Electrocardiogram aka ECG aka EKG
Abnormal accumulation of fluids in tissue or body cavities.
Edema aka Dropsy
A record of the electrical activity of the brain.
Electroencephalogram aka EEG
A device that uses a motor to create a suction for the purpose of aspiration.
Electric Aspirator
An electrically heated blade which may be used to dry moist tissue, reduce swollen tissue, and restore contour to natural form.
Electric Spatula aka Tissue Reducer
Excessive leanness; a wasted condition resulting in sunken surfaces of the face.
Emaciation
A severe skin irritation due to prolonged exposure to formaldehyde or other embalming chemicals.
Embalmer’s Eczema
Process of chemically treating the dead human body to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms, to temporarily inhibit organic decomposition, and to restore an acceptable physical appearance.
Embalming
Direct treatment other than vascular (arterial) embalming of the contents of the body cavities and the lumina of the hollow viscera; usually accomplished by aspiration and then injection of chemicals using a trocar.
Embalming Cavity
Injection of embalming chemicals directly into the tissues through the use of a syringe and needle of a trocar.
Embalming Hypodermic
Report filled out for each body prepared and for each body received from another funeral home.
Embalming Report aka Case Report
Direct contact of internal of external body tissues with embalming chemicals.
Embalming Surface
The use of the vascular systems of the body for preservation, disinfection and restoration; usually accomplished through injection of embalming solutions into the arteries and drainage from the veins.
Embalming Vascular
That consideration given to the dead body prior to, during, and after the embalming procedure is completed; documentation is recommended.
Embalming Analysis aka Case Analysis
Embalming where an absorbent material is saturated with an embalming chemical and placed in direct contact with the tissue.
Embalming Pack
Embalming chemical in powder form; typically used for surface treatment of the remains.
Embalming Powder
Preparation room equipment on which human remains are placed for embalming procedure.
Embalming Table
Free floating object in the blood stream.
Embolism
The true metabolic enzymes of bacterium, produced within the bacterial cell wall.
Endoenzymes
Procedures that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogen hazard from the workplace such as sharps disposal container, self-sheathing needles.
Engineering Controls
The removal of an entire mass or part, especially a tumor or the eyeball without rupture.
Enucleation
The surrounding, conditions, or influences that affect an organism or the cells within an organism.
Environment
A governmental agency with environmental protection regulatory and enforcement authority.
Environmental Protection Agency aka EPA
An organic catalyst produced by living cells and capable of autolytic decomposition.
Enzyme
The outermost layer of skin; the cuticle or scale skin.
Epidermis
Bleeding from the nose.
Epistaxis
Clear, volatile liquid used as a wax solvent or to remove grease, oil, and adhesive tape stains.
Ether
The discipline dealing with moral duty and obligation.
Ethics
Is found in products as either the tetrasodium or disodium salt. They rect chemically to “bind” calcium, which inhibits the blood clotting mechanism. It is a skin irritant, causing dryness and cracking.
Ethylenediamine Tetracetic Acid (EDTA)
Disease characterized by a rash, for example, measles.
Exanthematous Disease
To remove as by cutting out.
Excise
To remove as by cutting out; the area from which something has been cut out.
Excision
Enzymes which function outside of the bacterial cell wall.
Exoenzymes
Any procedure used to prove a sign of death, usually preformed by medical personnel.
Expert Tests of Death
A specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parenteral, contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from the performance of an employee’s duties.
Exposure Incident
Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee’s duties.
Exposure Occupational
Loss of blood to the point where life can no longer be sustained.
Exsanguination
Weight applied to a surface.
External Pressure
Drawn or pulled out.
Extraction
Outside the blood vascular system.
Extravascular
Discoloration of the body outside the blood vascular system, for example, ecchymosis, petechia, hematoma, and postmortem stain.
Extravascular Blood Discoloration
From outside the body.
Extrinsic
Fluid or cellular debris exuding from blood vessels and deposited in tissues or tissue surfaces; usually a result of inflammation.
Exudate
Removal of the eye for tissue transplantation, research and education.
Eye Enucleation
Extravasation of blood as a result of eye enucleation.
Eye Enucleation Discoloration
OSHA required emergency safety device providing a steady stream of water for flushing the eye.
Eye Wash Station
A thin plastic dome-shaped disk used to restore contour just beneath the eyelids. An aid in eye closure.
Eyecap
Two movable flaps of skin which cover and uncover each eyeball.
Eyelids aka Palpebrae
Method eye closure in which the upper kid is placed on top of the lower lid. (Outdated)
Eyelid Overlap
The bony region containing the eyeball; the orbital cavity.
Eye Socket aka Orbital Cavity
