Vocabulary (L's) Flashcards
To cut or tear into irregular segments.
Lacerate
Wounded characterized by irregular tearing of tissue.
Laceration
Oil from sheep wool.
Lanolin
A fine growth of downy hair which is sometimes founds on the face of a baby.
Lanugo
Substances used to kill insect larvae.
Larvicide
Away from the midline
Lateral
The amount of a poison (or radiation) that will kill 50% of the group to which it has been administered.
Lethal Dose 50% (LD50)
A severe, often fatal bacterial disease characterized by pneumonia, dry cough and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms.
Legionnaires Disease
Any change in structure produces during the course of a disease of injury.
Lesion
A chronic or acute disease of unregulated clonal proliferation of the stem cells of the blood forming tissues; resident cells eventually replaced by tumor cells.
Leukemia
Increases in number of leukocytes (above 10,000 per cumm) in the blood, generally caused by infection and usually transient.
Leukocytosis
To tie off an artery and vein upon completion of embalming.
Ligate
Thread, cord, or wire used for typing vessels, tissues, or bones.
Ligature
An inexpert test for death in which a finger is ligated and if it becomes discolored, then life is present.
Ligature Test
A line drawn or visualized on the surface of the skin to represent the approximate location of some deeper-lying structure.
Linear Guide
Preparation room materials used on cases where the lips and/or eyelids are difficult to close properly.
Lip Sealer aka Lip Cement
Decomposition of fats
Lypolysis
Type of sealing compounds used to brush over incision, cavities, raw surfaces and areas where any pinpoint leakage may occur.
Liquid Adhesives aka Collodions aka Solutions
Postmortem, intravascular, red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostatsis of blood can usually be cleared via arterial injection and drainage.
Livor Mortis aka Lividity aka Cadaveric Lividity aka Postmortem Lividity
A vascular incision that is made lengthwise on a vessel.
Longitudinal Incision
a single, noose-like suture, not pulled taut before knotting, which stands from the skin and which anchors restorative materials.
Loop Stitch
The cavity or opening of a vein, artery, or intestine. The further away from the heart the smaller the opening becomes.
Lumen
Tuberculosis of the skin; patches ulcerate and leave scars on healing.
Lupus Vulgaris
A specific antibody acting destructively upon cells and tissues.
Lysin
Organelle that exists within a cell, but separates from the cell; contains hydrolytic enzymes that break down proteins and certain carbohydrates.
Lysosome
