Vocabulary (G's)

Question 1

(1791-1882) An influential person in medical embalming who was the first to make embalming available to the public and who also wrote the first embalming text (first printing in French).

Answer 1

Jean Gannal

Question 2

Necrosis, death of tissues of part of the body usually due to deficient or absent blood supply.

Answer 2

Gangrene

Question 3

Condition that results when the body part that dies had little blood and remains aseptic; the arteries but not the veins are obstructed.

Answer 3

Dry Gangrene

Question 4

Chemicals which kill or render incapable of reproducing disease causing microorganisms.

Answer 4

Germicide

Question 5

Rubber Stopper containing two tubes, one to create vacuum or preserve and the other to deliver fluid or achieve aspiration; possibly used in conjunction with a hand pump.

Answer 5

Gooseneck

Question 6

Extravascular movement of preservative fluids by gravitational force to the dependent areas of the body.

Answer 6

Gravity Filtration

Question 7

Apparatus used to inject arterial fluid during the vascular (arterial) phase of the embalming process; relies on gravity to create the pressure required to deliver the fluid (.43 pounds of pressure per one foot of elevation).

Answer 7

Gravity Injector

Question 8

A method of creating injection pressure which consists of a gravity bottle with tubing attached, that is suspended at a desired distance above the point of injection.

Answer 8

Gravity Percolator aka Gravity Bottle

Question 9

Instrument used to guide drainage tubes into veins.

Answer 9

Groove Director