Module Three Flashcards
(50 cards)
Hydroaspirator
Apparatus that is connected to the water supply. When the water is turned on , suction is developed and is used to aspirate the contents of the body’s cavities.
Hand pump
Historical instrument resembling a large hypodermic syringe attached to a bottle apparatus. Use to create either pressure for injection or vacuum for aspiration.
Hypovalve trocar
A long thin trocar used for supplemental hypodermic cleaning
Electric aspirator
Device that uses a motor to create a suction for the purpose of aspiration
Electric spatula
Electrically heated blade that may be used to dry moist tissue, reduce swollen tissue, and restore contour.
Eyecap
Thin, domelike shell made of hardened cloth, metal, or plastic placed beneath the eyelids to restore natural curvature and to maintain the position of the closed eye
Gravity injector
Apparatus used to inject arterial fluid during the vascular phase of the embalming process. Relies on gravity to create the pressure required to deliver the fluid.
Groove director
Instrument used to guide vein tubes into vessels
Pressure machines
Operates like the hand pump, but because it is motorized, it relieves the embalmer from having the physically operate the device.
Bulb syringe
A hand operated device that consists of a rubbery bulb with hoses attached to either end
Body lifts
Used for movement of the deceased body
Sterilizers
Oven or appliance for sterilizing.
Positioning devices
Prep room equipment for properly positioning bodies before, during, and after vascular embalming.
Embalming tables
A table used for embalming
Dressing tables
A table used to take care of the body
Refrigeration
A way to keep the body cold to slow decomposition
Sharps container
OSHA required receptacle for proper disposal of sharps
Arterial tubes
Tube used to inject embalming solution into the blood vascular system
Needle injector
Mechanical device used to impel specially designed metal pins into bone
Scalpel
Two-piece embalming instrument consisting of a handle and a blade used to make incisions and excisions
Aneurysm hook
An embalming instrument that is used for blunt dissection and in raising vessels
Aneurysm needle
An embalming instrument used for blunt dissection and in raising vessels that have an eye in hook portion of the instrument for placing ligatures around the vessels
Bistoury knife
A surgical knife with a narrow blade used to open abscesses or fistulas
Scissors
An instrument used for cutting cloth, paper, and other thin material, consisting of two blades laid one on top of the other and fastened in the middle so as to allow them to be opened and closed by a thumb and finger inserted through rings on the end of their handles.
