Vocabulary (D's)

Question 1

(1452-1519) Italian sculptor and painter produced anatomical plates injected the arterial system for preservation of anatomical specimens.

Answer 1

Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 2

Irreversible cessation of all vital functions (Nonlegal Definition).

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Death

Question 3

A list of dead to be prayed for.

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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 ration 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 through 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.

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Death Struggle

Question 10

Spasm of death.

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Death Throe

Question 11

Signal of approaching death.

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Death Token

Question 12

A condition in which the muscle 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.

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Deathling

Question 15

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

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Decomposition

Question 16

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

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Decontamination

Question 17

Below the surface.

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Deep

Question 18

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

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Dehydration

Question 19

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

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Denatured Protein

Question 20

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 of lower teeth. Using I for incisor, c for canine, b for bicuspid, pm for premolar, and m for molar.

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Dental Formula

Question 21

(Buck Teeth) oblique insertion of the teeth.

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Dental Prognathism

Question 22

One of several methods used for mouth closure.

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Dental Tie

Question 23

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

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Deodorants aka Masking Agents aka Perfuming Agents

Question 24

The deep layer of skin under the epidermis.

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Derma aka Dermis aka Skin aka Corium aka True Skin

Question 25

General inflammation of the skin.

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Dermatitis

Question 26

A disease or disorder of the skin.

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Dermatosis

Question 27

Rendered thoroughly dry, exhausted of moisture.

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Desiccation

Question 28

Areas of embalmed tissue where excessive dehydration has occurred.

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Dessication Marks

Question 29

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

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Desquamation aka Skin Slip

Question 30

A variation from the common or established.

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Deviations

Question 31

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

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Diagonal Incision

Question 32

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

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Dilatation (Dilation)

Question 33

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

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Dialysis aka Selective Diffusion

Question 34

Relaxation phase of the heart action, or beat.

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Diastole

Question 35

The difference between potential and actual pressure.

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Differential Pressure

Question 36

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

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Diffusion

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Diffusion Solution

Question 38

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

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Digits

Question 39

Substances thinned or reduced in concentration; a cosmetic lessened in brilliance.

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Dilution

Question 40

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

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Diptheria

Question 41

Disjoining of bones.

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Disarticulate

Question 42

Unchecked putrefaction eventually resulting in a complete breakdown and disappearance of all body structures, except the bones

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Disintegration

Question 43

Any abnormal color in or upon the human body.

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Discoloration

Question 44

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

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Disease

Question 45

Act of cutting apart. Distend. To expand or swell.

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Dissection

Question 46

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 47

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

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Disinfection

Question 48

State of stretching out or becoming inflated.

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Distension aka Swelling

Question 49

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

Answer 49

Distribution Solution

Question 50

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

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Distortion

Question 51

Toward the back; opposite of anterior.

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Dorsal aka Posterior

Question 52

A wooden or metal rod used as an armature.

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Dowel

Question 53

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

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Drain Tube

Question 54

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

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Drainage

Question 55

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

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Drainage Forceps

Question 56

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

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Drench Shower

Question 57

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

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Dressing Table

Question 58

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

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Drug Discoloration

Question 59

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

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Dry Gangrene

Question 60

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

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Dye aka Coloring Agent

Question 61

Difficult or painful breathing.

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Dyspnea

Question 62

Decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria.

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Decay