Vocabulary (L's)

Question 1

To cut or tear into irregular segments.

Answer 1

Lacerate

Question 2

Wounded characterized by irregular tearing of tissue.

Answer 2

Laceration

Question 3

Oil from sheep wool.

Answer 3

Lanolin

Question 4

A fine growth of downy hair which is sometimes founds on the face of a baby.

Answer 4

Lanugo

Question 5

Substances used to kill insect larvae.

Answer 5

Larvicide

Question 6

Away from the midline

Answer 6

Lateral

Question 7

The amount of a poison (or radiation) that will kill 50% of the group to which it has been administered.

Answer 7

Lethal Dose 50% (LD50)

Question 8

A severe, often fatal bacterial disease characterized by pneumonia, dry cough and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms.

Answer 8

Legionnaires Disease

Question 9

Any change in structure produces during the course of a disease of injury.

Answer 9

Lesion

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

Leukemia

Question 11

Increases in number of leukocytes (above 10,000 per cumm) in the blood, generally caused by infection and usually transient.

Answer 11

Leukocytosis

Question 12

To tie off an artery and vein upon completion of embalming.

Answer 12

Ligate

Question 13

Thread, cord, or wire used for typing vessels, tissues, or bones.

Answer 13

Ligature

Question 14

An inexpert test for death in which a finger is ligated and if it becomes discolored, then life is present.

Answer 14

Ligature Test

Question 15

A line drawn or visualized on the surface of the skin to represent the approximate location of some deeper-lying structure.

Answer 15

Linear Guide

Question 16

Preparation room materials used on cases where the lips and/or eyelids are difficult to close properly.

Answer 16

Lip Sealer aka Lip Cement

Question 17

Decomposition of fats

Answer 17

Lypolysis

Question 18

Type of sealing compounds used to brush over incision, cavities, raw surfaces and areas where any pinpoint leakage may occur.

Answer 18

Liquid Adhesives aka Collodions aka Solutions

Question 19

Postmortem, intravascular, red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostatsis of blood can usually be cleared via arterial injection and drainage.

Answer 19

Livor Mortis aka Lividity aka Cadaveric Lividity aka Postmortem Lividity

Question 20

A vascular incision that is made lengthwise on a vessel.

Answer 20

Longitudinal Incision

Question 21

a single, noose-like suture, not pulled taut before knotting, which stands from the skin and which anchors restorative materials.

Answer 21

Loop Stitch

Question 22

The cavity or opening of a vein, artery, or intestine. The further away from the heart the smaller the opening becomes.

Answer 22

Lumen

Question 23

Tuberculosis of the skin; patches ulcerate and leave scars on healing.

Answer 23

Lupus Vulgaris

Question 24

A specific antibody acting destructively upon cells and tissues.

Answer 24

Lysin

Question 25

Organelle that exists within a cell, but separates from the cell; contains hydrolytic enzymes that break down proteins and certain carbohydrates.

Answer 25

Lysosome