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Principles of Embalming Questions and Answers 2024 Type of embalming limited to treatments of the walls, organs, contents, excretions and secretions within body cavities? Cavity embalming When injecting preservative fluid directly into tissue, the embalmer is using what kind of embalming? Hypodermic Included in a case report Place of death If teeth or dentures are not present prior to beginning the embalming process Insert a mouth former and insert cotton After arterial injection, y...

Principles of Embalming Questions and Answers 2024 Type of embalming limited to treatments of the walls, organs, contents, excretions and secretions within body cavities? Cavity embalming When injecting preservative fluid directly into tissue, the embalmer is using what kind of embalming? Hypodermic Included in a case report Place of death If teeth or dentures are not present prior to beginning the embalming process Insert a mouth former and insert cotton After arterial injection, y...

Principles of Embalming Midterm EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 Lena Simmons Founder of Simmons School of Embalming Marcello Malpighi First to discover capillaries Antony van Leeuwenhoek Considered to be the inventor of the microscope: Capuchin monks The bodies of their dead were dried slowly in an oven, then placed in upright positions along the walls of catacombs. Fredrick Ruysch Who is the father of embalming? Joseph Clarke Founder of the Clarke School of Embalming Augusts Re...

Principles of Embalming II Question and Answer 2024 William Harvey Discovered the circulation of blood Autolysis The self-destruction of cells is called Drain tube Tubular instrument of varying diameters and lengths, usually with a plunger, that is inserted into a vein Bulb syringe This injection device is easily portable and requires no electricity, but the rubber bulb deteriorates rapidly Lipolysis The decomposition of fats is called Decay The decomposition of proteins by aero...

PRINCIPLES OF EMBALMING II EXAM QUESTION AND ANSWER 2024 Cavity Fluid Injector A.K.A. Cavity Injector; a device connected to a bottle of cavity fluid that is used to deliver the fluid into the body cavities Electric Aspirator A device that uses a motor (rather than water) to create suction for the purpose of aspiration. Hydro-aspirator Apparatus that is connected to the water supply; when the water is turned on, suction is created and is used to aspirate the contents of the body cavi...

Principles of Embalming 3 FINAL 2024 QUESTION AND ANSWER When must an embalmer employee receive training on the Formaldehyde Standard? Before tasks requiring exposure, and annually thereafter PEL for TWA sampling is at or above 0.5 ppm T/F False An agent, usually chemical, applied either to inanimate objects or surfaces or to living tissue for the purpose of destroying disease-causing microbial agents, but usually not bacterial spores: Germicide Topical disinfectants are only to be ...

Principles of Embalming 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Topical Disinfectants are used for: Disinfection of the surface of the body or object SDS is the acronym for: Safety Data Sheet To protect against blood borne pathogen contamination, the employer should use: PPE A copy of the regulatory text for the Bloodborne Pathogens Rule must be readily available and accessible to employees at all times. True/False True A quick drench shower must be provided if: Exposure to formaldehyde is prese...

Pathological discoloration are postmortem discolorations that occur during the course of certain disease false In case of shock blood will flow to the large deep veins of the body. What are the implications for you the embalmer distribution will be difficult to establish Razor burn can be avoided by careful attention when shaving true Treatments or procedures applied by the use of hands manual aids tumors are not only a discoloration problem but may also be the so...

Agonal algor The cooling of the body before death: Agonal fever The increase in temperature of the body prior to death: Agonal hypostasis The settling of blood into the dependent tissues of the body: Agonal coagulation Occurs as the circulation of blood slows and the formed elements of the blood begin to clot and congeal: Agonal capillary expansion Opening of the pores in the walls of the capillaries: Agonal edema The accumulation of fluid in the tissues ...

anasarca severe generalized edema in subcutaneous tissue. ascites accumulation of serous fluids in the peritoneal (abdominal) cavity concurrent drainage technique in which drainage occurs continuously during arterial injection dehydration loss of moisture from body tissue, which may occur antemortem or postmortem desiccation extreme dehydration edema abnormal accumulation of fluids in tissues and/or body cavities edematous affected with edema ...