Vocab (6 of 6) Flashcards by Josh Willet

inversion, draw stitch) 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.

WORM SUTURE

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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.

WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS

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

WEATHER LINE

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

WATER-LOGGED

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

WATERLESS EMBALMING

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

WATER HARDNESS

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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.

WATER CONTROL UNIT

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

WATER CONDITIONER

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The resistance to the flow of a liquid; the thickness of a liquid

VISCOSITY

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Internal organs enclosed within a cavity

VISCERA

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blister-like elevation of skin containing serous fluid

VESICLE

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Dizziness characterized by a sensation of whirling movement

VERTIGO

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A narrow, worm-shaped tube connected to the cecum

VERMIFORM APPENDIX

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Located toward the front of the body; aka anterior

VENTRAL

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Liquids that serve as a solvent for the numerous ingredients that are incorporated into embalming fluids

VEHICLE

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The use of the blood vascular system of the body for temporary preservation, disinfection and restoration; accomplished through injection of embalming solutions into the arteries and drainage from the veins

VASCULAR (ARTERIAL) EMBALMING

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Staphyloccus aureuspathogens that have become re¬sistant to the drugs methicillin and vancomycin

VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (VRSA

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A drug resis¬tant bacterium found in feces and open wounds. It can also be found associated with nasogastric tubes often in patients who have had long hospitalization.

VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI (VRE)

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(1632-1723) “Father of Bacteriology.” He made his own microscopes which were superior to any of that time He gave the first complete account of the red blood cell He demonstrated the capillary connections between arteries and veins “Father of Microbiology.” [Dutch]

VAN LEEUWENHOEK, ANTHONY

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Specially designed tubing which attaches to the outlet of a gravity percolator.

VALENTINE TUBE

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Apparatus that prevents the back-siphoning of contaminated liquids into potable water supply lines or plumbing cross-connections within the preparation room

VACUUM BREAKER

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An embalming instrument used to cut tissue and ligature

UTILITY SCISSORS

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a toxic condition caused by retention in the blood of waste products normally excreted in the urine

UREMIA

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

UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS

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Plastic garment designed to cover the entire body from the neck down to and including the feet

UNIONALL

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

ULCER

An evaluation of exposures that are time-weighted over an established period It allows the exposure levels to be averaged generally over an eight-hour time period.

TIME-WEIGHED AVERAGE /TWA

in liquids, muddy with particles of extraneous matter, not clear or transparent

TURBID

a covering or layer

TUNIC

Capable of inducing growth of a tumor

TUMORIGENIC

A vascular incision created by making a short transverse incision at a right angle to the long axis of the vessel; then with the point of the scissors inserted into the original opening, a second incision is made parallel to the long axis of the vessel

T-SHAPED INCISION

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

TRUE SOLUTION

A line drawn or visualized on the surface of the body or a prominent anatomic structure used to locate internal structures during cavity embalming, from a point of reference two inches to the left of and two inches superior to the umbilicus

TROCAR GUIDE

Preparation room equipment used to insert trocar buttons into trocar punctures created when the trocar is inserted into the body.

TROCAR BUTTON APPLICATOR

A plastic threaded screw like device for sealing punctures and small round trocar openings.

TROCAR BUTTON

Sharply pointed surgical instrument used in cavity embalming to aspirate the cavities and inject cavity fluid The trocar may also be used for supplemental hypodermic embalming

TROCAR

A vascular incision which is made by cutting a small triangular wedge from the wall of the vessel.

TRIANGULAR INCISION aka WEDGE INCISION

A physical injury or wound caused by external force or violence

TRAUMA

A vascular incision made at 90 degrees to the long axis of the vessel.

TRANSVERSE INCISION

Lying at right angles to the long axis of the body

TRANSVERSE

The grafting of living tissue from its normal position to another site, or of an organ or tissue from one person to another

TRANSPLANTATION

An agonal or postmortem redistribution of host microflora on a hostwide basis.

TRANSLOCATION

a poisonous substance of plant, animal, bacterial or fungal origin

TOXIN

the presence of toxins in the blood

TOXEMIA

Blood clot which forms when the blood plasma passes through the capillary walls and leaves the blood cells behind

TOUGH DRY CLOTS aka WHITE FIBRIN CLOT

Disinfection of the surface of the body or an object

TOPICAL DISINFECTION

The yellowing/browning of the finger nails and fingers from excessive use of cigarettes; a surface discoloration

TOBACCO TARS

Threshold Limit Value

TLV

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

TISSUE GAS

A general term The solidification of a sol into a gelatinous mass. Agglutination is a specific form of coagulation

TISSUE COAGULATION

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

TISSUE BUILDER

A buzzing or ringing in the ears

TINNITUS

the formation or presence of an attached blood clot

THROMBOSIS

Preparation room equipment used to pass a ligature underneath a raised vessel.

THREAD PASSER

The property of certain cells of becoming fluid when shaken, and then becoming solid again.

THIXOTROPY

Destruction of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues; seared, charred,

THIRD DEGREE BURNS

Study of death

THANATOLOGY

Any procedure used to prove a sign of death

TEST OF DEATH

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

TERMINAL DISINFECTION

An agent which can cause non-inheritable mutations in offspring

TERATOGEN

The science of treating the body chemically so as to temporarily inhibit decomposition.

TEMPORARY PRESERVATION

Chemicals which will affect adversely certain organs

TARGET ORGAN EFFECTS

Minute petechial hemorrhages caused by the rupture of minute vessels as blood settles into the dependent areas of organs and tissues; it is accompanied by livor mortis. A postmortem, extravascular blood discoloration. Most common in asphyxial or slow deaths.

TARDIEU SPOTS

A brown to black band of discolored sclera of the eye. Created by the postmortem drying of the sclera by the air

TACHE NOIRE

Contraction phase of the heart action, or beat

SYSTOLE

Effect occurring at sites remote from the route of entry.

SYSTEMIC

set of signs and symptoms associated with a particular disease (example: Down’s syndrome).

SYNDROME

Drawing together, or a contraction, of gels which results in the giving off of water

SYNERESIS

Death brought about by a cessation of cardiac activity, or a failure of heart action, one of three modes of death as described by Bichat

SYNCOPE

correspondence in size, shape, and relative position of parts that are on opposite sides of the face.

SYMMETRY

Preparation room instruments which are used to close cuts and incisions by suturing with ligature

SUTURING NEEDLES

act of sewing; also the completed stitch

SUTURE

Temporary condition of apparent death

SUSPENDED ANIMATION

(aka surface tension reducer; wetting, penetrating, or surface-active agent) Chemical that reduces the molecular cohesion of a liquid so it can flow through smaller apertures.

SURFACTANT

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

SURFACE PACK

the force that acts on the surface of a liquid and tends to minimize surface area.

SURFACE TENSION

A discoloration due to the deposit of matter on the skin surface. These discolorations may occur antemortem, during, or after embalming of the body; adhesive tape, ink, iodine, paint, tobacco stains

SURFACE DISCOLORATION

Dehydration of the dead human body due to the movement of air over the body itself.

SURFACE EVAPORATION/AIR SWIPE

The direct contact of body tissues with embalming chemicals

SURFACE EMBALMING

Cloth, wet or dry, folded and applied firmly to a body part

SURFACE COMPRESS

An incision on the surface of the skin to raise the common carotid arteries It is made along the superior border of the medial one third of the clavicle

SUPRACLAVICULAR INCISION

Fluid injected for purposes other than preservation and DISINFECTION

SUPPLEMENTAL FLUID

Anatomically towards the head

SUPERIOR

Toward the surface

SUPERFICIAL

eyebrow

SUPERCILIUM

a physical change of state during which a substance changes directly from a solid to a gas

SUBLIMATION

Distension of the tissues beneath the skin by gas or air; an antemortem condition brought about by a surgical procedure or trauma

SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA

Situated or occurring beneath the skin

SUBCUTANEOUS

a microbe that can only survive in the absence of free oxygen.

STRICT (OBLIGATE) ANAEROBE

a microbe that can only live in the presence of free oxygen

STRICT (OBLIGATE) AEROBE

An embalming instrument commonly used on arterial tubes to stop the flow of fluid.

STOP COCK

A plastic garment covering the entire foot and to the hip to prevent leakage and odor.

STOCKINGS

Dead at birth; a product of conception either expelled or extracted dead.

STILLBORN

Delicate instrument used to detect almost inaudible sounds produced in the body.

STETHOSCOPE

Process that renders a substance free of all microorganisms

STERILIZATION

Oven or appliance for sterilizing; an autoclave that disinfects by steam under pressure at temperatures above 100 degrees celsius

STERILIZERS

abnormal constriction of a channel or orifice

STENOSIS

Injection from one site and drainage from a separate site

SPLIT INJECTION

A multi-purpose embalming instrument commonly used for holding cotton swabs, wiping out and disinfecting the eyes, restoration treatment and closing the eyes

SPRING FORCEPS

A preparation room instrument used for the application of wax to the lips of the deceased as well as smoothing out wax on visible areas of the body

SPATULA (REGULAR

Death of the organism as a whole

SOMATIC DEATH

A liquid holding another substance in solution

SOLVENT

Liquid containing dissolved substance

SOLUTION

The substance that is dissolved in a solution

SOLUTE

Drug-induced edema wherein the excess fluid is located within the cell. Upon palpation, there is no noticeable depression

SOLID EDEMA

An unstable salt usually produced in an aqueous solution and used as a bleaching and disinfecting agent

SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE

A plastic or rubber garment which covers the arm to the area of the wrist to guard or protect against leakage.

SLEEVES

Condition of decomposition wherein the epidermis begins to separate from the underlying dermal layer

SKIN-SLIP (DESQUAMATION

Edema in the body appendages, trunk, and/or head as contrasted with edema of the body cavities

SKELETAL EDEMA

Injection that involves use of both common carotid arteries, both axillary or subclavian arteries, and both femoral or internal iliac arteries

SIX-POINT INJECTION

Manifestation of death in the body

SIGN OF DEATH

Procedure whereby the embalmer injects and drains from one site (See one point injection)

SINGLE POINT INJECTION

Legal limits established by OSHA to which workers can be exposed continuously for a short period of time without damage or injury exposures at the STEL should not be for more than 15 minutes and not repeated more than 4 times per work day.

SHORT TERM EXPOSURE LIMIT aka STEL

Injection that results in the distribution of embalming fluid primarily to the body surface, with little preservation and disinfection of deeper tissues

SHELL EMBALMING

OSHA required receptacle for proper disposal of sharps

SHARPS CONTAINER

Hypodermic needles, suture needles, injector needles, scalpel blades, razor blades, pins and other items sharp enough to cause percutaneous injury, penetration of unbroken skin; may include other items normally not disposed of following use such as scissors, teeth, fingernails, and ribs

SHARPS

Notched on the edge like a saw, as seen with forceps

SERRATED

A chemical agent that can “fence off” or “tie up” metal ions so they cannot react with other chemicals

SEQUESTERING AGENT

vertical cartilage dividing nasal cavity into two chambers, responsible for asymmetry of the nose.

SEPTUM

Condition characterized by the multiplication of bacteria in blood

SEPTICEMIA

Pathologic state, resulting from the presence of microorganisms or their products in the blood or other tissues

SEPSIS

Causing an allergic reaction after repeated exposure

SENSITIZER

Injection of different regions of the body through the different arteries leading to those regions, as in autopsied cases or multipoint injections

SECTIONAL INJECTION

that injection taking place after the initial, primary, or first injection

SECONDARY INJECTION

A condition, which occurs after rigor mortis has left the body where the muscles of the body return to a state of limpness and flaccidity.

SECONDARY FLACCIDITY

Weakening of the embalming solution by the fluids in the body, both vascular and interstitial.

SECONDARY DILUTION

those resulting in acute inflammation of the skin and blisters

SECOND DEGREE BURN

Material used to provide a barrier or seal against any type of leakage of fluid or blood.

SEALING AGENTS

A two piece embalming instrument consisting of a handle and a blade used to make incisions and excisions

SCALPEL

Bacteria that derive their nutrition from dead organic matter

SAPROPHYTIC BACTERIA

Process of soap formation; as related to decomposition, the conversion of fatty tissues of the body into a soapy waxy substance called adipocere or grave wax

SAPONIFICATION

A process to promote and establish conditions which minimize or eliminate biohazards.

SANITATION

a yellowish, sickly color of the complexion

SALLOW

Decomposition of sugars

SACCHAROLYSIS

Vocab (6 of 6) Flashcards

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