Embalming Vocab D

Question 1

Italian Sculptor and painted produced anatomical plates; injected the arterial system for preservation of anatomical specimens.

Answer 1

Da Vinci, Leonardo (1452-1519)

Question 2

Irreversible cessation of all vital functions (nonlegal definition).

Answer 2

Death

Question 3

A list of dead to be prayed for.

Answer 3

Death Bill

Question 4

A luminous appearance like a candle flame, superstitiously thought to prestage death.

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Death Candle

Question 5

A kind of ignis fatuus (glow) supposed to forebode death.

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Death Fire

Question 6

Stroke or tolling of a death bell.

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Death Kneel

Question 7

A relation or ratio of the number of deaths, for a given period, to the total population.

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Death Rate

Question 8

Noise made by a moribund person caused by air passing though a residue of mucous in the trachea and posterior oral cavity.

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Death Rattle

Question 9

The semi-convulsive twitches which often occur before death.

Answer 9

Death Struggle

Question 10

Spasm of death.

Answer 10

Death Throe

Question 11

Signal of approaching death.

Answer 11

Death token

Question 12

A condition in which the muscles become rigidly fixed, the body becomes pale and cold, pulse and respiration are feeble.

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Death Trance

Question 13

A small weight, such as a penny, laid on the eyelids to keep them closed.

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Death Weight

Question 14

One liable to death, a mortal.

Answer 14

Deathling

Question 15

Decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria.

Answer 15

Decay

Question 16

Separation of compounds into simpler substances by the action of microbial and/or autolytic enzymes.

Answer 16

Decomposition

Question 17

Inactivation or removal or microbial toxins, as well as living microbial pathogens themselves.

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Decontamination

Question 18

Below the surface.

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Deep

Question 19

Loss of moisture from the body tissue which may occur antemortem or postmortem. (antemortem febrile disease, diarrhea or emesis, postmortem injection of embalming solution or through absorption of the air).

Answer 19

Dehydration

Question 20

A protein whose structure has been changed by physical or chemical agents.

Answer 20

Denatured Protein

Question 21

An expression of the definition of mammals. The number of teeth are given in form of a fraction, with the number of upper teeth over the number or lower teeth. Using I for incisor, C for canine, B for bicuspid, PM for premolar, and M for molar, the dental formula of man is:2-2 1-1 2-2 3-3 = 322-2 1-1 2-2 3-3i c b or m pm

Answer 21

Dental Formula

Question 22

Oblique insertion of the teeth.

Answer 22

Dental prognathism (buck teeth)

Question 23

One of several methods used for mouth closure.

Answer 23

Dental Tie

Question 24

Chemicals having the capability of displacing an unpleasant odor or of altering an unpleasant oder so that it is converted to a more pleasant one.

Answer 24

Deodorant/Masking Agents/Perfuming Agents

Question 25

The deep later of skin under the epidermis.

Answer 25

Derma (Dermis, skin, corium, true skin)

Question 26

General inflammation of the skin.

Answer 26

Dermatitis

Question 27

A disease or disorder of the skin.

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Dermatosis

Question 28

Rendered throughly dry, exhausted of moisture.

Answer 28

Desiccation

Question 29

Areas of embalmed tissue where excessive dehydration has occurred.

Answer 29

Desiccation Marks

Question 30

Sloughing off of the epidermis, wherein there is a separation of the epidermis from the underlying dermis formally referred to as skin slip.

Answer 30

Desquamation (skin slip)

Question 31

A variation from the common or established.

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Deviations

Question 32

A vascular incision made on vessels by cutting in an oblique or slanting direction.

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Diagonal Incision

Question 33

The condition of the heart being enlarged, occurring normally, artificially, or as a result of disease.

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Dilatation (dilation)

Question 34

Separation of substances in solution by the difference in their rates of diffusion though a semipermeable membrane.

Answer 34

Dialysis (Selective diffusion)

Question 35

Relaxation phase of the heart action, or beat.

Answer 35

Diastole

Question 36

The difference between potential and actual pressure.

Answer 36

Differential Pressure

Question 37

The movement of molecules or other particles in solution from an area of greater concentration to an area of lesser concentration until uniform concentration is reached.

Answer 37

Diffusion

Question 38

Passage of some components of the injected embalming solution from an intravascular to extravascular location; movements of he embalming solutions from the capillaries into the interstitial fluids.

Answer 38

Diffusion Solution

Question 39

Anatomical term describing fingers and toes; the thumb is #1 for each hand and the large toe is #1 for each foot.

Answer 39

Digits

Question 40

Substance thinned or reduced in concentration; a cosmetic lessened in brillance.

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Dilution

Question 41

An acute infectious disease characterized by the formation of a false membrane on any mucous surface.

Answer 41

Diphtheria

Question 42

Disjoining of bones.

Answer 42

Disarticulate

Question 43

Unchecked putrefaction eventually results in a complete breakdown and disappearance of all bodily structures, especially the bones.

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Disintegration

Question 44

Any abnormal color in or upon the human body.

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Discoloration

Question 45

Any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of a body part, organ, or system.

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Disease

Question 46

Act of cutting apart, distend. To expand or swell.

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Dissection

Question 47

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

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Disinfectant

Question 48

The destruction and/or inhibition of most pathogenic organisms and their products in or on the body.

Answer 48

Disinfection

Question 49

State of stretching out of becoming inflated.

Answer 49

Distension (Swelling)

Question 50

The movement of embalming solutions from the point of injection throughout the arterial system and into the capillaries.

Answer 50

Distribution solution

Question 51

A state of being twisted or pushed out of natural shape or position.

Answer 51

Distortion

Question 52

Posterior, toward the back; opposite of anterior.

Answer 52

Dorsal

Question 53

A wooden or metal rod used as an armature.

Answer 53

Dowel

Question 54

Tubular instrument of varying diameter and shape, preferably with a plunger, that is inserted into a vein to aid in drainage of blood and to restrict the exit of vascular embalming solution.

Answer 54

Drain Tube

Question 55

Discharge or withdrawal of blood, interstitial fluid and embalming fluids from the body during vascular embalming. Usually removed through a vein of the body.

Answer 55

Drainage

Question 56

An embalming instrument which allows the removal or blood from the body without using the conventional drain tube.

Answer 56

Drainage Forceps

Question 57

OSHA required safety device for a release of copious amount of water in a short time.

Answer 57

Drench Shower

Question 58

Preparation room equipment which is specifically designed for the dressing of the deceased.

Answer 58

Dressing Table

Question 59

Antemortem discolorations resulting from the administration of drug or chemotherapeutic agents.

Answer 59

Drug Discolorations

Question 60

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

Answer 60

Dry Gangrene

Question 61

Substances which will, upon being dissolved, impart a definite color to the embalming solution. Dyes are classified as to their capacity to permanently impart color to the tissue of the body onto which they are injected.

Answer 61

Dye (coloring agent)

Question 62

Difficult or painful breathing.

Answer 62

Dyspnea