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Worsham Embalming Q1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thanatology | the study of death in all aspects: philosophical, theological, psychological, social, medical, etc. |
| the old definition of death | when the heart and respiration stops |
| current def. of death | total cessation of all brain activity and function |
| apparent death | when the heart beat, respiration, body temp, and other vital functions are feebly maintained. |
| death rattle | a sound sometimes made by the dying caused by labored breathing of air passing through bronchial mucus |
| Show of semi-convulsive twitches or series of movements given by the muscles of the body just before death | death struggle |
| agonal period | the time immediately before death |
| moribund | in a dying state during the agonal period |
| what are the final words of one who is dying called | in articulo mortis "at the edge" |
| cadaver | a dead human body embalmed in a specific way for the purpose of anatomical dissection |
| the elements left over after the cremation of a human body are known as | cremains |
| mortality rate | the ratio of a number of deaths over a given peroid of time within a specific population |
| morbidity rate | the ratio of a number of specific diseases over a given peroid of time within a specific population |
| the word _____ should never be used when talking about cremated human reamins | ashes; it's unprofessional! |
| somatic death | death of the whole organism, the breakdown of all intra body coordination |
| the first stage of death whereby there is a cessation of heart beat and respiratin for up to 5 mins. during which time life may be restored | clinical death |
| biologic death | irrevocable or irreversible death and occurs after clinical death, this is legal death |
| who came up with the tripod of life? | Bichat |
| what organs are included in the tripod of life | heart, lungs, brain |
| syncope | when the heart is the first to go |
| coma | when the brain is the first to go |
| asphyxia | when the lungs are the first to go |
| cellular death | follows somatic death, aka anoxia or death of individual cells |
| hypoxia | reduction of oxygen |
| molecular | decomp will follow |
| necrobiosis | anti-mortum of cells and their replacement by new, most frequently skin and red blood cells, this is normal |
| necrosis | pathological death of certain cells in a living body and not a natural process such as bed sores |
| signs of death | those sensable manifestations that indicate the adsences of life in the human body |
| a person must meet 2 or more of the signs of death in order to confirm death, T/F | true, because some medical conditions can resemble most of the signs |
| The ONLY sign of death that does not need another sign to varify | general decomp |
| cessation of heart beat, respiration & blood flow stopped for 5 mins. presumpted evidence of death | one sign of death |
| Algor Mortis | post mortum adjustment of body temp to that of surrounding environment |
| Rigor Mortis | post mortum rigidity or temporary stiffness of the voluntary and involuntary muscles as a result of chemical changes. |
| Livor Mortis | lividity which is the settleing of the blood to the dependent party of the body clostest to the gravitation pull of the Earth. |
| Dehydration | loss of moisture through the skin that causes hardness and darkening of the skin |
| changes in the eyes include | cornia becomes cloudy/milky, eyeball softens and flattens can sink into back of socket, shine is gone leaving the eye dull |
| what is the first sign of death that starts but the last to be seen | decomposition |
| where is the first place decomp is noticeable | lower right quadrant |
| tests for death | any procedure used to prove a sign of death |
| what are the expert tests for death | stethoscope test, opthalomoscope test, dye injection test, electrocardiograph, and electrencephalograph test. |
| what are the inexpert or common tests for death | heart beat/resp., pulse test, ligature test, ammonia injection test, and mirror test |
| what are the PM chemical changes | Decomp, proteolysis, sacchrolysis, lipolysis, nutolysis |
| what is proteolysis | decomp of proteins |
| what is sacchrolysis | the breakdown of the sugars glucose and glycogen |
| lipolysis | decomp of fats |
| autolysis | self destruction of the cell |
| lysosomes do what | digestion |
| what are the two types of prteolysis | putrefaction and decay |
| putrefaction | caused by enzymes, produces anaerobic bacteria and does not need O |
| decay | produces aerobic bacteria and needs O |
| fermentation | the breakdown of carbohydrates into organic acids by anaerobic bacteria |
| gas disstention | gas build up |
| adipocere is also known as | grave max |
| when the body is in direct contract with alcohiline earth what process could occur | saponificatioin |
| what are physical signs of decomp | change in skin color, odor, purge, skin slip (desquamation), gas collection |
| what are intrinsic factors | within the body |
| what are the intrinsic factors | age, gender, corpulenc (fat), cause of death, bacteria, moisture level in the tissues, thermal levels, drugs |
| what is extrinsic factors | outside the body |
| what are the extrisic factors | access to air, atmosphereic moisture, temp of the environment, bacteria, pressure due to clothing/earth |
| what is the ideal temp for bacteria growth | 99.5F |
| what is the first and last two organs to decompose | lining of the larynx & trachea and blood vessels and non-pregnant uterus |
| what are the 3 stages of rigor | 1-primary flaccidity, 2-onset, duration & termination, 3-secondary flaccidity |
| what is the equation for Casper's Law | 1:2:8 |
| what does Casper's Law mean | a body at 1 week decomp in open air will display the same level of decomp as a body in water and a body buried in earth at 8 weeks will display the same level of decomp as the open air body at 1 week |
| what does custus an serina mean or what is it | goose pimps, it's a sign a body is in rigor. the constriction of the folics will make the hair stand up |
| rigor is also known as | cadaveric rigidity |
| even though rigor is the most variable, about when does it sets in | 8-20 hours after death |
| algor is also known as | pm caloricity |
| what is the rate of heat loss | 4 degrees an hour for the 1st 4 hours, then 1.5 degrees an hour thereafter |
| livor is also known as | pm lividity or cadaveric lividity or cadaveric ecchymosis or passive congestion and hypostatic congestion |
| the 3 blood clots are | cruor, chicken fat clot and white fiber clot |
| describe a cruor clot | jelly-like |
| describe a chicken fat clot | white cells separate and clump together and sometimes form on top of the cruor clots |
| describe a white fiber clot | the worst to remove, formed from the fiber of the blood and especially likes haging oyt in the right atrium. |
| what factors may effect the onset, duration & termination rigor | age, cause of death, muscular condition |
| what conditions may be mistaken for rigor | heat stiffening, cold stiffening, catalepsy, and cadaveric spasm |
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