Vocabulary (G's) Flashcards
(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).
Jean Gannal
Necrosis, death of tissues of part of the body usually due to deficient or absent blood supply.
Gangrene
Condition that results when the body part that dies had little blood and remains aseptic; the arteries but not the veins are obstructed.
Dry Gangrene
Chemicals which kill or render incapable of reproducing disease causing microorganisms.
Germicide
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.
Gooseneck
Extravascular movement of preservative fluids by gravitational force to the dependent areas of the body.
Gravity Filtration
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).
Gravity Injector
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.
Gravity Percolator aka Gravity Bottle
Instrument used to guide drainage tubes into veins.
Groove Director