Vocabulary (G's) Flashcards

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(1791-1882) An influential person in medical embalming who was the first to make embalming available to the public and who also wrote the first embalming text (first printing in French).

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Jean Gannal

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Necrosis, death of tissues of part of the body usually due to deficient or absent blood supply.

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Gangrene

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Condition that results when the body part that dies had little blood and remains aseptic; the arteries but not the veins are obstructed.

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Dry Gangrene

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Chemicals which kill or render incapable of reproducing disease causing microorganisms.

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Germicide

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Rubber Stopper containing two tubes, one to create vacuum or preserve and the other to deliver fluid or achieve aspiration; possibly used in conjunction with a hand pump.

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Gooseneck

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Extravascular movement of preservative fluids by gravitational force to the dependent areas of the body.

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Gravity Filtration

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Apparatus used to inject arterial fluid during the vascular (arterial) phase of the embalming process; relies on gravity to create the pressure required to deliver the fluid (.43 pounds of pressure per one foot of elevation).

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Gravity Injector

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A method of creating injection pressure which consists of a gravity bottle with tubing attached, that is suspended at a desired distance above the point of injection.

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Gravity Percolator aka Gravity Bottle

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Instrument used to guide drainage tubes into veins.

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Groove Director

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