Embalming Glossary Terms
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Glossary terms from the Embalming textbook
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Death Rattle | Noise made by a moribund person caused by air passing through a residue of mucous in the trachea and posterior oral cavity. |
| Cribiform Plate | Thin medial portion of the ethmoid bone of the skull. |
| Edema | Abnormal accumulation of fluids in tissues or body cavities. |
| Desication | The process of drying out. |
| Anaerobic | absence of free oxygen. |
| Agglutination | Intravascular; Increase in blood viscosity due to clumps of formed elements in blood vessels. |
| Boil | Acute, deep-seated inflammation of skin, usually begins as subcutaneous swelling in a hair follicle. |
| Buffers | Embalming chemicals that work to help stabilize acid-base balance within embalming solutions and in tissues. |
| Blood | Cell containing fluid that circulates through the vascular system. 22% solids and 78% water. |
| Carcinogen | cancer causing material or chemical. |
| Biohazard | Biological agent or condition that constitutes a hazard to humans. |
| Hypotonic | Lesser concentration of dissolved solute than its compared solvent. |
| Fixation | Act of making tissue rigid. Solidification of a compound. |
| Eye Enucleation | Removal of the eye for tissue transplantation, research, and education. |
| Index | Strength of an embalming fluid, indicated by the number of grams of pure HCHO gas dissolved in 100 mL of water. Usually a percentage; An embalming fluid with an index of 25 contains 25% HCHO gas. |
| Lipolysis | Decompostion of fats. |
| Jaundice Fluid | Low HCHO embalming fluid, contains special bleaching agents. |
| Intercellular Fluid | Outside or between body cells. |
| Injection | Forcing fluid into the vascular system or tissues. |
| Gas Gangrene | Necrosis in a wound; anaerobic, from Clostridium Perfringens. |
| Inguinal Ligament | Forms base of femoral triangle(anterior superior iliac spine to pubic tubercle). |
| Disease | Deviation or interruption from normal health. |
| Dyes | Coloring agents. |
| Condyle | rounded articular process on a bone. |
| Excision | Area from which tissue has been removed. |
| Hypostasis | Settling of blood or other fluids to dependant areas of the body. |
| Atheroma | Fatty degeneration of thickening of the walls of the larger arteries occuring in atherosclerosis. |
| Autolysis | Self-destruction of cells. Decomposition of all tissues by enzymes that form microbial assistance. |
| Autopsy | Postmortem examination of the organs and tissues of a body to determine cause of death or pathological condition, necropsy. |
| Hydrolysis | reaction between water and broken down compounds. |
| Humectant | Chemical that increases ability to retain moisture. |
| Household Bleach | 5% Sodium Hypochlorite--12oz bleach + 116oz water = 1gal of 10% household bleach solution--5000ppm Sodium Hypochlorite. |
| Hand Pump, Gravity Perculator, or Pressure Machine | A method of obtaining pressure for the injection of arterial fluid. |
| Sternoclavicular Articulation | The level at which the right common carotid artery begins. |
| Superior border of thyroid cartilage | The level at which the common carotid arteries terminate. |
| Gravity Method | .5 lb of pressure per ft of elevation. |
| Head Tilt During Embalming | approximately 15 degrees to the right. |
| HCHO danger level | 100 ppm |
| TWA | .75ppm/8 hours |
| Plaster of Paris | Hardening agent in hardening compounds. |
| Coagulation | The action of HCHO on protein. |
| Addison's disease | Bronze discoloration. |
| Hemolysis | Causes postmortem stain during the embalming process. |
| Lesion | Traumatic or pathological change in the structure of the skin. |
| Complete Cellular Death | Always follows somatic death. |
| Subclavian Artery | Origin of the axillary artery. |
| Carbohydrates | First body compounds to decompose. |
| Carbon Monoxide Poisoning | This condition favors edema. |
| Greeks | First people to practice cremation. |
| Clauderus | Embalming without evisceration. |
| Decomposition | Seperation of body compounds into simpler substances. |
| Syncope | Death beginning at the heart. |
| Fatty Tissue | Retards algor mortis because it insulates. |
| Ecchymosis | Antemortem extravascular blood discoloration. |
| Whip Stitch | Also known as the roll stitch. |
| Left Common Carotid | Begins at the level of the second costal cartilage. |
| Anterior Tibial | Lateral border of the patella to the anterior surface of the ankle. |
| Marcello Malpighi | Father of Histology |
| Dr. Frederich Ruysch | Father of Embalming |
| John Hunter | Adductor's or Hunter's Canal |
| Thomas Holmes | Father of US Embalming |
| Dr. William Harvey | Credited with discovery of circulation. |
| Amino Acids | First products of decomposition. |
| Death | Irreversible total cessation of metabolic activity. |
| Jean Gannal | Made embalming available to the public. |
| Algor Mortis | Postmortem loss of body heat. |
| Hemolysis | Swelling and bursting of red blood cells. |
| Herodetus | Father of History |
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