Vocabulary (W's)

Question 1

An agent used to remove chemical constituents form municipal water supplies that could interfere with drainage and preservation.

Answer 1

Water Condition

Question 2

Preparation room equipment which is a complete water system containing a hydro aspirator, water outlet, goose neck filler for the embalming machine and a snap on hose.

Answer 2

Water Control Unit

Question 3

Quality of water containing certain substances, especially soluble salts of calcium and magnesium.

Answer 3

Water Hardness

Question 4

Injection of an arterial solution composed of a preservation embalming fluid which is diluted with supplemental chemicals such as humectants, water conditions and co-injections.

Answer 4

Waterless Embalming

Question 5

A condition resulting from the use of an embalming solution containing an insufficient amount of preservation to meet the preservation demand of the tissues; the interstitial spaces are overly filled, engorged with water.

Answer 5

Water-Logged

Question 6

The line of color change at the junction of the wet and dry portions of each mucous membrane.

Answer 6

Weather Line

Question 7

Controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which a task is performed; prohibiting recapping the needles, and not allowing blood splatter or aerosolization of blood while draining during the embalming process.

Answer 7

Work Practice Controls

Question 8

A method of sewing an incision along the edges without entering the opening whereby the suture becomes invisible and the line of suture becomes depressed, which lends it ease of concealment by waxing.

Answer 8

Worm Suture aka Inverse Suture aka Draw Stitch