Vocabulary (I's)

Question 1

International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Answer 1

IARC

Question 2

That pressure which just overcomes the vascular resistance in the body and causes the arterial solution to enter the body at a moderate and uniform rate.

Answer 2

Ideal Injection Pressure

Question 3

Absorption of the fluid portion of blood by the tissues after death resulting in postmortem edema.

Answer 3

Imbibition

Question 4

A clean cut made with a sharp instrument; in embalming, a cut made with a scalpel to raise arteries and veins.

Answer 4

Incision

Question 5

The strength of embalming fluids indicated by the number of grams of pure. Formaldehyde gas dissolved in 100ml of water. Index usually refers to a percentage; an embalming fluid with an index of 25 usually contains 25% formaldehyde gas.

Answer 5

Index

Question 6

Tests for death which can be administered by an lay person and is generally regarded as not being reliable.

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Inexpert Tests For Death

Question 7

A child less than 1 year of age.

Answer 7

Infant

Question 8

A short hollow tubular instrument with a sharp point. Used for aspiration and injection of an infant’s thoracic and abdominal cavities.

Answer 8

Infant Trocar

Question 9

The formation of an area of necrosis in a tissue caused by obstruction in the artery supplying the area.

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Infarction

Question 10

The state or condition in which the body or a part of it is invaded by a pathogenic agent that, under favorable conditions, multiplies and produces injurious effects.

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Infection

Question 11

Disease caused by the growth of a pathogenic microorganism in the body.

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Infectious Disease

Question 12

From a given reference toward the feet.

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Inferior

Question 13

The process of seepage or diffusion into tissue of substances that are not ordinarily present.

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Infiltration

Question 14

The reaction of the tissues to injurious agents, usually characterized by heat, redness, swelling, and pain.

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Inflammation

Question 15

Anactomical structure forming the base of the fomoral triangle; extends from the anterior superior illiac spine to the pubic tubercle.

Answer 15

Inguinal Ligament

Question 16

The act or instance of forcing a fluid into the vascular system or directly into the tissues.

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Injection

Question 17

The amount of pressure produced by an injector decive to overcome initial resistance within (intravascular) or on (extravascular) the vascular system (arterial or venous).

Answer 17

Injection Pressure

Question 18

A preparation aid used in mouth closure. It is inserted into a needle injector and forced into the mandible and maxilla.

Answer 18

Injector Needle

Question 19

Eminence at the medial corner of the closed eyelids.

Answer 19

Inner Canthus

Question 20

A compound consisting of iodine combined with a carrier, such as polyvinylpyrrolidone, often used as a preoperative skin disinfectant.

Answer 20

Iodophores

Question 21

A type of suture used to close incisions in such a manner that the ligature remains entirely under the epidermis.

Answer 21

Intradermal Suture aka Hidden Stitch

Question 22

Molecules of a compound in which the atoms have a slightly different configuration.

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Isomers

Question 23

Injection of very strong arterial fluid (often waterless) under relatively high pressure into head and face through both common carotid arteries to effect preservative and disinfection while minimizing swelling.

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Instant Tissue Fixation aka Head Freeze

Question 24

The immediate stiffening of the muscles of a dead human body.

Answer 24

Instantaneous Rigor Mortis aka Cadaveric Spasms

Question 25

Between the cells of a structure.

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Intercellular

Question 26

Space between the ribs.

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Intercostal Space

Question 27

Method of drainage in which the drainage in stopped at intervals while the injection continues a type if restricted drainage.

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Intermittent Drainage

Question 28

Fluid in the supporting connective tissues surrounding body cells (about one-fifth the body weight).

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Interstitial Fluid

Question 29

Within a cell or cells.

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Intracellular

Question 30

Fluids inside cells of the body (constituting about one-half of the body weight).

Answer 30

Intracellular Fluid

Question 31

Within the blood vascular system

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Intravascular

Question 32

Discoloration of the body within the blood vascular system; for example, hypostasis, carbon monoxide, and capillary congestion.

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Intravascular Blood Discoloration

Question 33

Fluid contained within vascular channels (about one-twentieth of the body weight)

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Intravascular Fluid

Question 34

Pressure developed as the flow of embalming solution is established and the elastic arterial walls expand and then contract, resulting in filling of the capillary beds and development of pressure filtration.

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Intravascular Pressure

Question 35

From within the body

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Intrinsic

Question 36

Combination of iodine and a solubilizing agent or carrier that liberates free iodine in solution; a chemical disinfectant.

Answer 36

Iodophor

Question 37

Reduction in arterial blood supply

Answer 37

Ischemia

Question 38

Condition that results when the body part that dies had little blood and remains aseptic and occurs when the arteries but the veins are obstructed.

Answer 38

Ischemic Necrosis aka Dry Gangrene

Question 39

A solution having an equal concentration of dissolved solute to that of a standard of reference.

Answer 39

Isotonic Solution