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Cauterants Flashcards

1
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An antiseptic employed to dry, moist tissues and to bleach

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Phenol

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2
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The sloughing off of the epidermis

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Desquamation AKA Skin Slip

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3
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Dry gangrene, common in patients with diabetes

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Necrotic Tissue

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4
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How many bottles of fluid are poured into the bag during an autopsy and how big are the bottles?

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2 16 oz bottles of cavity fluid

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Embalming chemicals which are injected to the cavities of the body following the aspiration in the cavity embalming; What index are these fluids usually?

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Cavity Fluid; 30 - 50 index

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6
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The concentrated, preservative, embalming chemical that is diluted with water to form the arterial solution for injection into the arterial system; Is Phenol an arterial fluid?

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Arterial Fluid; No

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7
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Group of chemicals used in addition to vascular and cavity embalming I.E. Hardening Compound, Sealing Agents and mold preventative agents

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Accessory Chemicals

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8
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Chemicals added to the embalming solution to deal with various demands predicated upon the embalming

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Modifying Agents

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9
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Fluid injected for purposes other than preservation and disinfection

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Supplemental Fluids

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A non-toxic disinfectant suitable for the use on animal tissue

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Antiseptic

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An agent, usually chemical applied to inanimate objects to destroy disease-causing microbial agents

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Disinfectant

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12
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The destruction and inhibition of most pathogenic organisms and their products in or around the body

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Disinfection

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13
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The mixture of arterial fluid aka vascular fluid and water which is used for the arterial injection and may include supplemental fluid

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Arterial Solution

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14
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Acute, deep seated inflammation in the skin which usually begins as a subcutaneous swelling in a hair follicle

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Boil aka Furuncle

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Inflammation of the skin. And deeper tissues that ends in suppuration and is accompanied by systemic symptoms, such as fever and leukocytosis

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Carbuncle

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Direct treatment, other than vascular injection, of the contents of the body cavities and the lumina of the hollow viscera; usually accomplished by aspiration and injection of strong undiluted chemicals using a trocar

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Cavity Embalming aka Cavity Treatment

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17
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Restorative treatment usually accompanied by aspiration, gravitation, or external pressure to remove gases or excess liquids from tissues

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Channeling

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18
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Disease that may be transmitted between individuals, with reference to the organism that causes a disease

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Contagious Disease

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19
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An agent, usually chemical, applied to inanimate objects/surfaces to destroy disease-causing microbial agents, but not usually bacterial spores

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Disinfectant

20
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An injury caused by a blow without laceration and within the tissue; generally accompanied by swelling.

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Ecchymosis aka Bruise or Contusion

21
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A swelling mass of clotted blood confined to an organ or space caused by a ruptured blood vessel

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Hematoma

22
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Embalming where an absorbent material is saturated with an embalming chemical and placed in direct contact with the tissue.

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Embalming Pack

23
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Necrosis, death of tissues of part of the body usually due to deficient or absent blood supply

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Gangrene

24
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Condition that results when the body part that dies had little blood and remains aseptic

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Dry Gangrene

25
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Necrotic tissue that is wet as a result of inadequate venous drainage; may be accompanied by the invasion of saprophytic bacteria

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Moist Gangrene

26
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Antemortem Necrosis in a wound infected by an anaerobic gas forming bacillus, the most common etiologic agent being clostridium perfrigens

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Tissue Gas

27
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Injection of embalming chemicals directly into the tissues through the use of a syringe and needle

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Hypodermic Embalming

28
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The direct contact of body tissues with embalming chemical. This can be accomplished with surface packs

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Surface Embalming

29
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An absorbent material, compress, saturated with an embalming chemical and placed in direct contact with the tissue

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Surface Pack

30
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To cut or tear into irregular segments

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Lacerate

31
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Wound characterized by irregular tearing of tissue

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Laceration

32
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Antemortem injuries resulting from friction of the skin against a firm object resulting in the removal of the epidermis

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Abrasion

33
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Specific pathogenic structural and functional changes or both brought about by disease or injury.

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Lesion

34
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Antemortem, physiological death of the cells of the body followed by their replacement

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Necrobiosis

35
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Pathological death of a tissue still apart of the living organism

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Necrosis

36
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Chemicals which kill or render incapable of reproducing disease causing microorganisms

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Germicide

37
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Chemicals which inactive saprophytic bacteria, render unsuitable for nutrition the media upon such bacteria thrive

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Preservatives

38
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What is Phenol a derivative of?

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Coal Tars

39
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What percentage of Phenol can cause burns?

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10% solution

40
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What kind of solution must Phenol and Formaldehyde be?

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Can never be in 50/50 solution. Must always be in an unbalanced solution

41
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What does Cavity Fluid do??

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Bleaches the skin stains 
Cauterizes 
Disinfects
Preserves 
Germicide
42
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How should tissue be treated during restorative art?

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It should be dried and cauterized for wax to adhere to the skin

43
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The benefits of cauterizing the incision before suturing?

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Prevents Leaks

Disinfects area 2nd time

44
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Phenol Coefficients? Definition

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Measure of the disinfecting power of a substance that is determined by dividing the figure indicating the degree of dilution of the disinfectant that kills a microorganism within a given time

45
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Is Phenol an arterial fluid??

A

No

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