Funeral National Board Exam Embalming
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Necrobiosis | Death of cells over the lifespan of a living organism; continuously replaced |
| Necrosis | Many cells die in one particular organ or part of an organ |
| Clinical Death | Happens immediately after brain activity, breathing and circulation ceases; there is a small possibility that it can be reversed if immediate life saving measures are taken |
| Brain Death | When the brain is starved of oxygen for three to seven minutes |
| Somatic Death | Death of the organism as a whole and generally occurs after brain death |
| Mortuary Putty | A paste used to fix or fill defects |
| Nasal Tube Aspirator | Tool used during embalming to aspirate throat contents via the nostrils |
| Needle Injector | Piece of equipment is used to place metal pins into the bone |
| Packing Forceps | Devise used to fill packing into the body's external orifaces |
| Personal Protective Equiptment | Clothing and equipment designed to protect the user from hazards |
| Positioning Devise | Devise used to position the body during the process of embalming |
| Preparation Room | Room designed for embalming and for other preparation of the body |
| Drain Tubes | Tubes inserted into a vein as an aid to drain blood while restricting to exit of embalming fluid |
| Drench Shower | OSHA required safety devise used to rinse a person off using large amounts of water |
| Electric Aspirator | Equiptment that has a motor which is activated to create a suction to aspirate fluids |
| Electric Spatula | A heated blade used to dehydrate or reduce tissues and to restore contour to tissues |
| Scalpel | An instrument which has a removable and disposable blade used to make incisions and excisions in the body during embalming |
| Sterilizer | Oven or appliance used to sterilize equipment |
| Trocar | Sharp, pointed tool which is used to aspirate body cavities and inject cavity fluid; may supplement hypodermic injection |
| Trocar Button | Devise made of plastic and has a threaded, screw-like shaft; used to seal punctures or the openings created in the body by the trocar |
| Atonal Period | State right before death where respirations slow, blood thickens, and a loss of body moisture |
| Hazords Encountered | Chemicals, irritations, radiation, infectious agents |
| Rigor Mortis | Occurs gradually after death because of the onset and rigidity to the body caused by conversion of glycogen stores into lactic acid; dissipates after 12 to 36 hours after death |
| Liver Mortis | Blood pooling in the dependent areas of the body |
| Embalming | Process using chemicals on a dead body to sanitize and preserve the body |
| Preservation | Methods used to treat the dead body with chemicals to prevent decay and slow decomposition |
| Sanitation | Process which uses techniques which will establish conditions which stop biohazards |
| Post Mortem Changes | Algor mortis, liver mortis, dehydration, hypostasis, thickened blood, rigor mortis, post Mortem stain, pH changes, decomposition |
| Autolysis | Decomposition starting in the pancreas |
| Putrifaction | Caused by bacterial activity which causes the body to bloat |
| Hydrogen Sulfide Gas | Causes a brown-black discoloration in the blood vessels |
| Cavity Embalming | Direct treatment of using a trocar in the three body cavities: the abdominal, pelvic and thoracic |
| Hypodermic Embalming | Preformed on tissues which cannot be treated via vascular embalming |
| Surface Embalming | Done on the surface tissues through the use of direct contact with chemicals used to preserve the body |
| Vascular Embalming | Most common form of embalming, fluids are introduced into the vascular system to disseminate the collations to most parts of the body |
| Eyecap | Devise used to help close the eyes |
| Eye Wash Station | Equipment required by OSHA and designed to flush the eyes under a stream of water |
| Gravity Injector | Devise that relies on gravity to deliver embalming fluid into the vascular system |
| Groove Director | Tool used when guiding vein tubes into the blood vessels |
| Head Rest | Devise used during the embalming process to keep the head in an appropriate position |
| Hydroaspitator | Devise connected to a water supply, suction develops which allows the operator to aspirate the body cavity contents |
| Autoclave | Piece of equipment that is used to sterilize items using steam and pressure |
| Bridge Suture | Suture used to align tissues using separate stitches which are knotted at the edge of the tissues |
| Bulb Syringe | Soft rubber pump used to manually create pressure in order to deliver fluid |
| Calvarium Clamps | Used to refasten the calvarium after a cranial autopsy has been preformed |
| Accessory Chemicals | Collection of chemicals including hardening compounds, mold preservative agents, preservation powders, sealing agents, and pack application chemicals |
| Aneurysm Hook | Tool used to raise vessels and to preform blunt dissection |
| Angular Spring Forceps | Versatile tool used during embalming |
| Arterial Tube | Used when injecting embalming fluid into the blood vascular system |
| Aldehyde | Cross link proteins |
| Formaldehyde | Lower aldehyde which provides cross links for tissue firmness and provides a barrier to decomposition |
| Alcohol | Used in conduction with aldehydes during the embalming process |
| Methanol | Dual properties of preservative and anti polymerizing agent |
| Ethanol | Less costly germicide |
| Isopropyl | Costly germicide |
| Phenolic Compound | Preserve and disinfect |
| Phenol | Bleaching agent |
| Cavity Fluids | Preserve and de-germ the interior of the body cavity and contains high concentrations of disinfectants and preservatives |
| Phenolic Compound | Preserve and disinfect because they precipitate protein |
| Modifying Agents | Has a caustic nature of disinfectants and preservatives which scorch delicate capillaries causing a fluid diffusion problem |
| Egyptions | Embalming first; mummification |
| Algor Mortis | Cooling of the body after death |
| Embalming | Preformened for sanitation, preservation, and restoration purposes |
| Humectants | Help the tissue retain moisture so they are not dried out by the aldehydes and alcohol |
| Agonal Period | The sequence of events that occur just prior to death |
| Somatiic Death | All functions which sustain life have ceased and the body's cells are dead |
| Trocar | Used to tap the abdominal cavity to remove gases and fluid by suction and preservatives |
| Infant Embalmiing | A tube through the left ventricle using a small incision in the right ventricle for drainage would work best |
| Decay | The breaking down of proteins in the body by aerobic bacteria enzymes |
| Decomposition | The separation of complex compounds into less complex substances or even simple elements due to the actions of microorganisms and enzymes |
| Putrefactiion | Organic matter is decomposed by anaerobic bacteria or by fungi which form foul-smelling products which are not completely oxidized |
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