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Vocabulary (M's) Flashcards

1
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In its broadest sense, refers to the moistening, and softening, of any tissue decomposing in a liquid medium.

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Maceration

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An insect larva; especially flies.

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Maggot

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(1628-1694) An influential person in medical embalming who was the first to not capillary circulation. (Italian)

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Marcello Malpighi
“Father of Microscopic Anatomy”
“Father of Histology”

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The horseshoe-shaped bone forming the inferior jaw.

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Mandible

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Method of mouth closure in which a suture is passed through the septum of the nose and around the mandible.

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Mandibular Suture

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6
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Manipulation of tissue in the course of preparation of the body. Always move towards the heart.

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Massage

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This must accompany a hazardous product; a requirement of the Department of Labor and OSHA unt the Under the hazard communication standard.

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Material Safety Data Sheet aka MSDS

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A paired bone with several processes that form the skeletal base of most of the superior face, root of the moth, sides of the nasal cavity, and floor of the orbit.

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Maxilla

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9
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An electrical appliance which forces air into a machine resulting in pressure.

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Mechanical Apparatus aka Mechanical Air Pressure Machine

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10
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Toward the midline.

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Medial

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An official elected or appointed to investigated suspicious or unnatural death.

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Medical Examiner

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12
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Methyl ethyl ketone.

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MEK

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The brown to black-pigment in the epidermis and hair which occurs in person of all race.

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Melanin

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14
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Inflammation of the meninges.

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Meningitis

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15
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An embalming instrument used to stop the flow of fluids through tubing (Hose Clamp).

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Metal Cut-Off aka Metal Clamp

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16
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An embalming instrument which permits embalming fluid to flow in two different different directions simultaneously.

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Metal Y

17
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Pathogenic bacterial Staphylococcous aureus, resistant to most drugs. A causative agent of bedsores, surgical wound infections, skin and nose infections, and pneumonia.

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Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus aka MRSA

18
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A minute one celled form of life not distinguishable as to vegetable or animal nature.

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Microbe aka Microorganism

19
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A vertical line drawn from the center of the medial border of the base of the axillary space.

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Mid-Axillary Line

20
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That amount of radioactive material in which 37 million disintegrate each second. DISINTEGRATE EACH SECOND.

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Millicurie aka MC Atoms

21
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The smallest does of a poison (or raditation) on record that procedures death.

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Minimum Lethal Dose aka MLD

22
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Composition of two or more substances that are not chemically bound to each other.

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Mixture

23
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Chemicals added to the embalming solution to deal with varying demands predicated upon the embalming fluid to be used type of embalming, the environment.

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Modifying Agents

24
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Necrotic tissue that is wet as a result of inadequate venous drainage; may accompanied by bacterial infection.

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Moist (Wet) Gangrene

25
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Those agents which will prohibit the growth of mold.

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Mold Preventative

26
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In a dying state; in the agonal period.

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Moribund

27
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A paste to fix or fill

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Mortuary Putty

28
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A device used in the mouth to shape the contour of the lips.

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Mouth Former

29
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Vascular injection from two or more arteries.

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Multipoint Injection aka Multiple Site

30
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The complete or extreme dehydration of a dead human body

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Mummification

31
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Method of mouth closure in which a suture is passed through the septum of the nose and through the mentalis muscle of the chin.

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Musculature Suture

32
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A material which can cause inheritable genetic changes in offspring.

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Mutagen

33
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Disfigured by a loss of a natural part because of the application of force.

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Mutilated

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