Week 5 Disposition Methods

Question 1

an area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of dead human bodies

Answer 1

cemetery

Question 2

a chamber in a mausoleum, of sufficient size, generally used to contain the casketed remains of a deceased person

Answer 2

crypt

Question 3

the removal of a human remains from previous location of final disposition

Answer 3

disinterment (exhumation)

Question 4

the inherent power of a government to take private property for public use; in the U.S. just compensation to the property owner(s) is required

Answer 4

eminent domain

Question 5

the placing of remains in a crypt in a mausoleum

Answer 5

entombment

Question 6

a governmental agency with environmental protection regulatory and enforcement authority

Answer 6

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Question 7

the conclusive performance of services with respect to the dead human body by one of the legally recognized methods,

Answer 7

final disposition

Question 8

the act of placing the dead human body in the ground

Answer 8

interment (burial, inhumement)

Question 9

to bury in the ground

Answer 9

inter

Question 10

a building containing crypts or vaults for entombment

Answer 10

mausoleum

Question 11

an eco-friendly method of final disposition that utilizes products, services, and merchandise free of toxic/hazardous materials, are biodegradable or that minimize use of energy

Answer 11

natural (green) burial

Question 12

a place of interment that bans the use of metal caskets, toxic embalming, and concrete vaults and may also require the use of aesthetically natural monuments

Answer 12

natural (green) cemetery

Question 13

act, occupations or structures which are nuisances at all times and under all circumstances; it may be prejudicial to public morals, dangerous to life or injurious to public rights

Answer 13

nuisance per se

Question 14

any container which is designed for placement in the grave around the casket, including but not limited to, container commonly known as burial vaults, grave boxes, and grave liners

Answer 14

outer burial container

Question 15

a cemetery owned by a private enterprise such as a corporation for profit, a non-profit corporation, partnership, sole owners, religious orders, etc.

Answer 15

private cemetery

Question 16

a cemetery owned by a governmental unit (federal, state or municipal)

Answer 16

public cemetery

Question 17

a structure designed for the temporary storage of bodies not to be immediately interred

Answer 17

receiving vault

Question 18

an unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which is made of fiberboard, pressed wood, composition materials (with or without an outside covering) or like materials.

Answer 18

alternative container

Question 19

organs, tissues, eyes, bones, arteries, blood, other fluids and other portions of a human body

Answer 19

body parts

Question 20

a dead human body intended solely for scientific study and dissection

Answer 20

cadaver

Question 21

a structure, room, or space in a mausoleum or other building containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains

Answer 21

columbarium

Question 22

the final product remaining after completion of the entire cremation/pulverization process

Answer 22

cremated remains

Question 23

the reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat in a specifically designed retort or chamber

Answer 23

cremation

Question 24

the location of the retort or cremation chamber which will perform the cremation process

Answer 24

crematory

Question 25

the attention reasonably expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a person who seeks to satisfy a legal requirement or to discharge an obligation

Answer 25

due diligence

Question 26

the conclusive performance of services with respect to the dead human body by one of the legally recognized methods

Answer 26

final disposition

Question 27

placing cremated remains in an urn or placing cremated remains in a niche or grave

Answer 27

inurnment

Question 28

a recess or space in a columbarium used for the permanent placing of cremated remains

Answer 28

niche

Question 29

a receptacle for cremated remains, usually made of cardboard, plastic, or similar materials designed to hold cremated remains until an urn, other permanent container is acquired, or disposition is made

Answer 29

temporary container

Question 30

a private or civil wrong against a person or his or her property, other than by breach of contract, for which there may be action for damages

Answer 30

tort

Question 31

a law permitting competent persons or others to give gifts of all or any part of the body to take effect upon death

Answer 31

Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA)