PHT 414 AAMI Principles of Embalming III Exam
Q&As (Latest Update 2023)
1). Anasarca
Ans: severe generalized edema in subcutaneous tissue.
2). Ascites
Ans: accumulation of serous fluids in the peritoneal (abdominal) cavity
3). Concurrent
Ans: drainage technique in which drainage occurs continuously during arterial
injection
4). Dehydration
Ans: loss of moisture from body tissue, which may occur antemortem or postmortem
5). Desiccation
Ans: extreme dehydration
6). Edema
Ans: abnormal accumulation of fluids in tissues and/or body cavities
7). Edematous
Ans: affected with edema
8). Humectant
Ans: chemical that increases the capability of embalmed tissue to retain moisture.
Hydrocele
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, 9).
Ans: abnormal accumulation of fluids in the scrotal sac
10). Hydrocephalus
Ans: abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.
11). Hydrothorax
Ans: abnormal accumulation of fluid in the thoracic cavity.
12). Hydrothorax
Ans: a type of pleural effusion in which serous fluid accumulates in the pleural cavity
13). Hypertonic
Ans: arterial solution having a greater concentration of dissolved solute than the body
tissues.
14). Hypotonic
Ans: arterial solution having a lesser concentration of dissolved solute than the body
tissues
15). Intermittent
Ans: method of [restricted] drainage in which the drainage is stopped at intervals
while the injection continues
16). Osmosis
Ans: passage of solvent from a solution of lesser solute concentration to one of
greater solute concentration when the two solutions are separated by a semipermeable
membrane
17). Pitting edema
Ans: condition in which interstitial spaces contain such excessive amounts of fluid
that the skin remains depressed after palpation
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, 18). Pleural effusion
Ans: abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural (lung) cavity
19). Pulmonary edema
Ans: a potentially life-threatening accumulation of fluid in the lungs
20). Solid edema
Ans: moisture retained by the cell
21). Cellular edema
Ans: another term for solid edema
22). Intercellular edema
Ans: another term for pitting edema
23). Dropsy
Ans: another term for anasarca
24). Pyothorax
Ans: pleural effusion where the fluid is pus
25). If senile purpura is seen over the hands and arms of the deceased, which of the following
statements would be true about your arterial solution:
Ans: increase the strength of the arterial solution
26). A common pathological change that occurs as a result of diabetes mellitus:
Ans: poor peripheral circulation
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