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First quarter

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Embalm   Art and Science of disinfecting and temporarily preserving and restoring  
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Arterial (vascular)   embalming fluid injected into the body through vascular system.  
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Cavity Embalming   direct treatment other than arterial embalming aspiration + injection  
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Hypodermic   injection of chemical directly into the body  
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Surface(topical)   direct contact of internal or external tissue with body chemicals  
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How embalming works   Kills bacteria block receptors, enzymes, autolysis  
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Diffusion   where fluid gain entry to cell  
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Thanalogy   study of death and all aspects  
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Death   irreversible sensation of all body function  
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Apparent death   the cessation of all vital functions of the body including the heartbeat, brain activity (including the brain stem), and breathing.  
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Death Rattle   Sound sometime made by dying caused by labor breathing through air passages blocked by mucous  
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Death struggle   semi convulsive muscle movement  
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Agonal State   period immediately before death  
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articulo mortis   point of death  
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Human remains   body of deceased include skeleton  
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Cadaver   body embalmed in a special way for anatomical purposes  
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Cremated remains   elements od dead body remaining after cremation  
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Corpse   old legal term for a dead body  
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Mortality rate   a ratio of number of death in a given time to a population of a given area  
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Morbidity rate   a ratio specific disease over a given time to a given area  
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Somatic Death   death of a whole organism  
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Clinical death   heat beat and breathing stop but brain is still alive  
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Biologic death   irrevocable death, follows clinical death  
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Modes of Somatic Death   Starts by failure of one or more organ  
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Tripod of life   Heart,Lung,brain  
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syncope   death beginning at heart  
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como   brain  
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Asphyxia   Lungs  
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Cellular Death   death of individual cells of the body  
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anoxia   cause of cellular death, absence of oxygen  
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Necrobiosis   antemortem cell death and their replacement by new cells of the same type  
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necrosis   the pathological death of cells/tissues in a living body  
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slow   sudden deaths of healthy people, cell death is  
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rapid   deaths due to chronic diseases, cell death is  
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slow   death of a young person, cell death is  
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slow   cold environment cell death is  
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cyotoxic   death to the cell  
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signs of death   those sensible manifestations that indicate the absence of life in a human  
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decomposition   the only reliable sign of death  
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7 signs of death   1) cessation of heartbeat/respiration, 2) algor mortis, 3) livor mortis, 4) rigor mortis, 5) dehydration, 6) changes in the eye, 7) decomp  
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how does the eye change in death   eye clouds, cornea becomes milky, jelly of eye begins to evaporate  
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5 signs of decomp   1) green color (LRQuadrant), 2) skin slip, 3) purge, 4) gas buildup, 5) odor  
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test for death   any procedure used to prove a sign of death  
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expert test   those tests for death for which medical instruments are necessary  
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5 expert tests for death   1) stethoscope, 2) opthalmascope, 3) electroencephalograph, 4) electrocardiograph, 5) dye injection  
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inexpert tests   those tests for death which do not require specific training  
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4 inexpert tests for death   1) heartbeat/respiration check, 2) ligature test, 3) ammonia injection, 4) pulse test  
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agonal algor   the lowering of the body temp just before death  
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agonal fever   increase in body temp just before death  
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agonal hypostasis   a settling/moving of the blood to the dependent parts AM  
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agonal coagulation   AM clots/congealing of the blood  
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agonal capillary expansion   AM blood vessels expanding to get more oxygen and nutrients  
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agonal edema   AM increase moisture level  
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agonal dehydration   AM drying out of the body  
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agonal translocation of bacteria   AM bacteria that are normally in the intestines travel outward to find nutrients, immune system breaking down  
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facies hippocratica   term used to describe the faces of the dying, used by Hippocrates  
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post-mortem changes   those changes in the body from the molecular to the systemic level that take place after biologic death  
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post mortem intraval   the time after death and before embalming more changes will appear and be more severe  
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algor mortis   reduction in body temperature following death  
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livor mortis   settling of the blood in the lower (dependent) portion of the body  
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rigor mortis   chemical change in the muscles after death, causing the limbs of the corpse to become stiff and difficult to move or manipulate  
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moribund   person in agonal states  
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anoxia   total lost of oxygen  
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apoxia   slow decreases of oxygen  
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agonal consideration   that advancements in medicine allow a sick person to live longer making embalming more difficult  
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