Vocabulary (F's)

Question 1

Expression or appearance of the facial features after death. The look of death.

Answer 1

Facies Hippocratica

Question 2

A microorganism the prefers an environment devoid of oxygen but has adapted so that it can live and grow in the presence of oxygen.

Answer 2

Facultative Aerobe

Question 3

An organism that prefers an oxygen environment but is capable of living and growing in its absence.

Answer 3

Falcultative Anaerobe

Question 4

Organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; chemically, a triglyceride ester, composed of glycerol and fatty acids.

Answer 4

Fat

Question 5

A product of decomposition of fats.

Answer 5

Fatty Acids

Question 6

Characterizted by a high fever, causing dehydration of the body.

Answer 6

Febrile

Question 7

Agency of federal government created in 1914 to promote free and fair competition by prevention of trade restraints, price fixing, false advertising and other unfair methods of competition.

Answer 7

Federal Trade Commission aka FTC

Question 8

Bacterial decomposition of carbohydrates.

Answer 8

Fermentation

Question 9

Lesions of the mucous membrane of the lip or mouth usually caused by Herpes simplex type 1.

Answer 9

Fever Blisters

Question 10

Removal of particles (liquid or solid) from a solution, as it passes through a membrane or other partial barrier.

Answer 10

Filtration

Question 11

Rigidity of tissue due to chemical reaction.

Answer 11

Firming

Question 12

An injury caused by heat which produces redness of the skin.

Answer 12

First Degree Burn

Question 13

The act of making tissue rigid. The solidification of a compound.

Answer 13

Fixation

Question 14

An agent employed in the preparation of tissues for the purpose of maintaining the existing form of the structure. Many agents are used, the most important one being fomalin.

Answer 14

Fixative

Question 15

A dead human body, in a body of water, which has generated sufficient decomposition gasses to float to surface of the water (face down).

Answer 15

Floater

Question 16

A supplemental pieces of equipment attached to the embalming machine which measures the flow of fluids in both gallons per hour and ounces per minute.

Answer 16

Flow Meter

Question 17

The movement of the arterial solution from the point of injection through the blood vascular system.

Answer 17

Fluid Distribution

Question 18

A common dye which is used to test for blood circulation.

Answer 18

Fluorescein

Question 19

Intravascular blood discoloration that occurs when arterial solution enters an area (such as the face), but due to blockage, blood and embalming solution are unable to drain from the area.

Answer 19

Flush aka Flushing

Question 20

An opening in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes from the brain.

Answer 20

Foramen Magnum

Question 21

That amount of formaldehyde necessary to overcome any nitrogen residue and cause the body proteins to become coagulated.

Answer 21

Formaldehyde Demand

Question 22

Grey discoloration of the body caused by the reaction of formaldehyde from the embalming process with hemoglobin to form methyl hemoglobin.

Answer 22

Formaldehyde Grey

Question 23

OSHA regulation limiting the amount of occupation exposure to formaldehyde gas.

Answer 23

Formaldehyde Rule

Question 24

A mixture of formaldehyde gas dissolved in water with 40% by volume, 37% by weight and contains 7% methyl alcohol to prevent polymerization.

Answer 24

Formalin

Question 25

Total evacuation (absence) of tissue.

Answer 25

Fourth Degree Burn

Question 26

The vertical restraining fold of mucous membrane on the midline of the inside of each lip connecting the lip with the gum.

Answer 26

Frenulum

Question 27

An abscess or pyogenic infection of a sweat gland or hair follicle.

Answer 27

Furuncle aka Boil

Question 28

A process in which a gaseous agent is used to destroy rodents or insets, which act as disease carriers.

Answer 28

Fumigation

Question 29

Chemical agents capable of destroying, and/or inhibiting the growth of saprophytic or pathogenic fungi, including molds.

Answer 29

Fungicides

Question 30

Colorless, strong-smelling gas that when used in solution is a powerful preservative and disinfectant, a potential occupational carcinogen.

Answer 30

Formaldehyde aka HCHO aka CH2O