Restorative Art Vocab T-Z

Question 1

A synonym for “needle injector”; a spring powered instrument used to install special metal pins in bone which in turn serve as anchors for threads or wires to hold parts together.

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Tackgun

Question 2

Touching at a single point.

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Tangent

Question 3

A form which receded away from a given point; a form which becomes gradually smaller toward one end; to reduce gradually from the center.

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Taper

Question 4

Pertaining to the ankle.

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Tarsal

Question 5

Of a dull yellowish-brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are tanned by the sun; of a color ranging from darker to lighter shades of brown touched with yellow.

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Tawny

Question 6

The flattened, slightly depressed area by the side of the forehead of man.

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Temple

Question 7

Inferior portion of the sides and base of the cranium, inferior to the parietal bones and anterior to the occipital bone.

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Temporal Bones

Question 8

The concave surface of the head overlying the temporal bone.

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Temporal Cavity

Question 9

Muscle of mastication which helps to close the mandible (the strongest chewing muscles).

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Temporalis Muscles

Question 10

Property of holding fast; adhesiveness.

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Tenacity

Question 11

The white, glistening, non-elastic fibrous cord of connective tissue in which the fibers of a muscle end and by which a muscle is attached to a bone or other structure.

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Tendon

Question 12

Institution of disinfection and decontamination measures after the preparation of the remains.

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Terminal Disinfection

Question 13

Limit; end; the part which terminates.

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Termination (Terminal)

Question 14

The hue which results from the mixture of two secondary pigmentary hues or an unbalanced proportion of complements with the warm hue or cool hue predominating.

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Tertiary Hue

Question 15

A group of four; in color, two separated hues and their complements.

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Tetrad

Question 16

A brush with a relatively large tuft of good quality, fine bristles, such as black sable or finch; used to blend and stipple cosmetics or powder into the applied (cream) cosmetic, and clean out deposits impacted in pores.

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Texturizing Brush

Question 17

Destruction of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues; seared, charred, or roasted tissue.

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Third Degree Burn

Question 18

In reference to a photograph, a view which reveals the fullness of the cheeks.

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Three Quarter View

Question 19

A hue into which various quantities of white are mixed.

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Tint

Question 20

A powder which is lightly colored with non-moisture absorbing pigments.

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Tinted Powders

Question 21

The extremity of anything which tapers (e.g. the ___ of the nose; the termination of the forward projection of the nose).

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Tip

Question 22

Any substance used to elevate sunken (emaciated) tissues to a normal level by hypodermic injection.

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Tissue Builder

Question 23

Postmortem accumulation of gas in tissues or cavities brought about by an Anaerobic gas forming bacillus, ex. clostridium perfringens.

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Tissue Gas

Question 24

White, water-insoluble powder used chiefly in white pigments, paints, and cosmetics; noted for its brilliant white color, covering power and permanence.

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Titanium Dioxide

Question 25

The yellowing/browning of the fingernails and fingers from excessive use of cigarettes; a surface discoloration. Can be removed with a 10% lemon juice solution.

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Tobacco Tars

Question 26

A hue mixed with either a small quantity of gray or the complement of the hue, resulting in dulling the hue.

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Tone

Question 27

Like the precious stone its characteristic color is yellow, varying from canary yellow to deep orange; hair of a golden-red.

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Topaz (Blonde)

Question 28

(French) a floor lamp which directs most of the illumination upward.

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Torchiere

Question 29

Disinfection of the surface of the body or an object.

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Topical Disinfection

Question 30

A small wig or patch of false hair covering a bald spot; a hairpiece.

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Toupee

Question 31

A tube about 11cm long that extends from the larynx in the neck to the bronchi in the thoracic cavity.

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Trachea (Windpipe)

Question 32

A natural gum obtained from various Asiatic or East European herbs which swells up in water and is used in the arts, embalming chemicals, and pharmacy.

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Tragacanth

Question 33

Elevation protecting the ear passage (external auditory meatus).

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Tragus

Question 34

(1) Crosswise, lying across the long axis of the body or of a part. (2) Lying or being across; horizontal.

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Transverse

Question 35

Furrows which cross the forehead; acquired facial markings.

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Transverse Frontal Sulci

Question 36

Transmitting light but causing sufficient diffusion to eliminate perfection of distinct images; somewhat transparent.

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Translucent

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A wig; a false hairpiece employed to enlarge the mass of hair or to permit variation in hair-styling.

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Transformation

Question 38

Passage from one place or condition to another.

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Transition

Question 39

Having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.

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Transparent

Question 40

A physical injury or wound caused by external force or violence.

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Trauma

Question 41

A group of three; in color; three separated hues.

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Triad

Question 42

A frontal head form in which the face is wider between the angles of the mandible than it is at the forehead; representing a triangle in shape; formed by three lines and having three angles (least common geometric head form).

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Triangular

Question 43

Depression between the crura of the ear; the second deepest depression of the ear.

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Triangular Fossa

Question 44

A colorless liquid used in dry-cleaning; a solvent for fats, oil, and waxes.

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Trichloro-ethylene

Question 45

Homogeneous mixture of two or more substances able to pass through a semi-permeable membrane. The size of the solute particles is less than one nanometer.

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True Solution

Question 46

A small, rounded projection; example: rib ________.

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Tubercle

Question 47

A large, rounded projection; example, ischial _______.

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Tuberosity

Question 48

Consisting of tubes and alveoli, as in a _________salivary gland.

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Tubulo-Alveolar

Question 49

A spontaneous new growth of tissue forming an abnormal mass.

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Tumor

Question 50

A covering or layer.

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Tunic

Question 51

The outer, fibroelastic coat of a blood vessel or other tubular structure comprised of connective tissue.

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Tunica Adventita (Tunica Externa)

Question 52

The inner, serous coat of an artery comprised of smooth muscle.

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Tunica Intima (Tunica Interna)

Question 53

The middle, usually muscular, coat of an artery or other tubular structure comprised of smooth muscle.

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Tunica Media

Question 54

One of the outer layers of a part, especially of a hollow organ or blood.

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Tunics

Question 55

In liquids, muddy with particles or extraneous matter, not clear or transparent.

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Turbid

Question 56

An open sore or lesion of skin or mucous membrane accompanied by sloughing of inflamed necrotic tissue.

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Ulcer

Question 57

Invisible rays of the spectrum lying outside the violet end of the visible spectrum.

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Ultraviolet

Question 58

An earth substance consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese: used in its natural state (raw) as a brown pigment or, after heating (burnt) as a reddish-brown pigment; dark reddish-brown.

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Umber

Question 59

A coloring (opaque) applied to an area which, when dry, will be covered with wax or another colorant.

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Undercoat

Question 60

The angled cut of the borders of an excision, made so that the skin surface will overhang the deeper tissues.

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Undercut

Question 61

A less intense rouge (more on the pink side) than moist rouge; used for cheek rouging and shadowing and sometimes as a colorant applied before application of the complexion colorant.

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Under-Rouge

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Of or pertaining to a group of pigments (as of the four basic pigments) to form a complexion compound.

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Unitary

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An approach to infection control. According to the concept of this, all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious.

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Universal Precautions

Question 64

A part which is, or will be, hidden from view.

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Unexposed Area

Question 65

Latin for a little grape; projection hanging rom the soft palate.

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Uvula

Question 66

The lightness or darkness of a hue.

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Value

Question 67

Changes in form, extent, etc.: Things somewhat different from another of the same kind.

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Variations

Question 68

Changing in color, diversified with different colors.

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Variegated

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A material combined with pigments so they may be applied more easily.

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Vehicle

Question 70

Located toward the front of the body.

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Ventral (Anterior)

Question 71

A word picture; an oral description of the face or features.

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Verbal Portrait

Question 72

Brilliant, scarlet red.

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Vermilion

Question 73

The spine or spinal column; formed by a number of bones called vertebrae, the discs between these vertebrae, and two composite bones (sacrum and coccyx).

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Vertebral Column

Question 74

The top of the head.

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Vertex

Question 75

Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon, balanced.

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Vertical

Question 76

One in which the forehead and the eyebrows project equally to a vertical line and the chin protrudes more than the superior mucous membrane.

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Vertical-Concave Profile

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One in which the forehead and the eyebrows project equally to a vertical line and the chin recedes less than the superior mucous membrane.

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Vertical-Convex Profile

Question 78

One in which the forehead, upper lip and chin project equally to an imaginary vertical line.

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Vertical Profile

Question 79

The vertical furrow(s) on the forehead between the eyebrows.

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Vertical Interciliary Sulcus (pl. Sulci)

Question 80

Blister-like elevation of the skin containing serous fluid.

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Vesicle

Question 81

The semi-fluid, transparent substance which lies between the retina and lens of the eyeball.

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Vitreous Humor

Question 82

Brilliance, intensely bright color(s).

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Vivid

Question 83

The degree of brilliance.

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Vividity

Question 84

Bone of the nasal cavity situated between the nasal passages on the median plane; it forms the inferior and posterior portion of the septum of the nose.

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Vomer Bone

Question 85

Areas on the skin surface which, during life, are naturally reddened; places where cosmetics will be applied to restore the warmth that red will give.

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Warm Color Areas

Question 86

A color which appears in the spectral band, characterized by long wave-lengths; a color which makes an object appear closer and larger; a color which reflects warmth; i.e. red, orange, yellow,and other colors in which they are predominate.

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Warm Hue

Question 87

A restorative modeling or surfacing material composed of beeswax, spermaceti, paraffin, starch, etc, and a coloring pigment which will soften at body temperature and will reflect light n a manner similar to normal skin.

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Wax

Question 88

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

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Weather Line

Question 89

The aspect of physical heaviness associated with different colors;i.e. warm, light, or grayed hues do not appear as heavy as cold, dark, or pure hues respectively; the size of the colored object will also create the illusion of greater or lesser of this heaviness.

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Weight

Question 90

The color of pure snow; the color reflecting to the eye all of the rays of the spectrum combined; the opposite of black; an achromatic color; a neutral color.

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White

Question 91

A ray of light which contains all the hues of the visible spectrum, in such proportion that the light appears colorless or natural; as daylight or sunlight.

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White Light

Question 92

White substance of the central nervous system; contains tracts of myelinated nerve fibers.

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White Matter

Question 93

The dimension of an object measured across from side to side.

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Width

Question 94

Lateral lobes of the nose.

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Wings of the Nose

Question 95

The length of wire employed to connect two structures which are undamaged such as remaining parts of a bone; a wire mesh placed within an aperture to hold other restorative fillers.

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Wire Bridging

Question 96

Impure acetic acid from the distillation of wood.

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Wood Vinegar

Question 97

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

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Work Practice Controls

Question 98

The firmest type of restorative wax; a putty-like material used to fill large cavities or model features.

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Wound Filler

Question 99

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 easy of concealment by waxing.

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Worm Suture (Inversion, Draw Stitch)

Question 100

A non-crystaline white powder used as a pigment.

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Zinc Oxide

Question 101

The processes on the temporal and zygomatic bones; determines the widest part of the face.

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Zygomatic Arch

Question 102

One of the lesser concavities of the face located on the lateral portion of the cheek inferior to the zygomatic arch.

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Zygomatic Arch Depression

Question 103

Small bones on the cheeks; widest part of the cheek.

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Zygomatic Bones (Malar Bone)

Question 104

The lateral rim of the eye socket formed by a process of the frontal bone and a process of the zygomatic bone.

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Zygomaticofrontal Process

Question 105

A thin projection from the temporal bone bounding its squamous portion; a part of the malar bone helping to form the zygoma.

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Zygomatic Process

Question 106

Muscles of the face which draw the superior lip posteriorly, superiorly, and anteriorly.

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Zygomaticus Major Muscles

Question 107

Muscles of the face which draw the superior lip superiorly and anteriorly.

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Zygomaticus Minor Muscles