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Antemortem injuries resulting from friction of the skin against a firm object resulting in the removal of the epidermis.
Abrasion
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To touch or contact as with the tarsal plates of the closed eyelids.
Abut
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Group of chemicals used in adition to vascular (arterial) and cavity embalming fluids;includes but not limited to hardening compounds, preservativepowders, sealing agents, mold preventative agents, and pack application agents.
Accessory Chemical
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A specific group of diseases or conditions which are indacative of severe immunosuppresion related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus ( hiv) ; persons dead having AIDS may exhibit conditions such as wasting syndrome , extrapulmanary tuberculosis and kaposi sarcoma
Aids
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These levels are established to ensure adequate protection of employees at exposures below the OSHA limits, but mimnimize the compliance burdens for employers whose employees have below the 8 hour permisible exposure limit (PEL) The AL for formaldehyde is 0.55ppm
Action Level / AL-Exposure Limits
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The pressure that is indacated by the injector guage needle when the arterial tube is open and the arterial sollution is flowing into the body
Actual Pressure
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A soft whitish crumbly or greasy material that forms upon the post mortem hydrolysis and hydrogenation of body fats
Adipocere (Grave Wax)
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In the presence of free oxygen
Aerobic
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To disperse as an aerosol;minute particles of blood and water become atomized and suspened in the air when water under pressure meets blood drainage or flushing an uncovered flush sink
Aerosolization
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The increase in viscosity of blood brought about by the clumping of particulate formed elements formed in the blood vessels
Agglutination (intravascular)
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Decrease in body temp immeadatly before death
Agonal Algor
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In reference to blood, a change from a fluid into a thickend mass
Agonal Coagulation
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The loss of moisture in the living body during the agonal state
Agonal Dehydration
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Escape of blood serum from an intravascular to a extravascular location immediately before death
Agonal Edema
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Increase in body temp immeadetely before death
Agonal Fever
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Period immediateley before somatic death
Agonal Period
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A agonal or postmortem redistribution of host microflora on a hostwide basis
Agonal Translocation
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Post-mortim cooling of the body to the surronding temp
Agonal Mortis
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Method of injection-drainagein which embalming sollutions is injected and then injection is stoped and drainege is open
Alternate Drainage
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Building blocks of what protein is constructed,and the end products of protein digestion or hydrolysis. there basic formula is NH2-CHR-COOH- an amino group, an alpha carbon, any aliphatic or aromatic radical, and a carboxyl group
Amino Acid
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In the absence of free oxygen
Anaerobic
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Severe generalized adema
Anasarca
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A descriptive reference for locating arteries and veins by anatomical structeres which are known
Anatomical Guide
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Points of origin and points of termination in relation to adjacent structures; used to designate boundries of atreries
Anatomical Limits
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The body is erect, feet together, palms facing fowardand thumbs are pointed away from the body
Anatomical Position
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localized abnormal dialation of outpocketting of blood vessel resulting from a congenitial defect or weakness of the vessel wall
Aneurysm
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An embalming instrument that is used for blunt dissection and in raising vessels
Aneursym Hook
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An embalming instrument that is used for blunt dissection and in raising vessels, which has an eye in the hook portion of the instrument for placing ligatures around the vessels
Aneursym Needle
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A multipurpose instrument used in the embalming process
Angular Spring Forceps
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Deviation of the normal
Anomalies
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In front of the elbow / in the bend of the elbow
Antecubitial
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Toward the front
Anterior
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A bony protuberance, that can be palpated topographically, found on the ilium, the superior, Broad portion of the hip bone; the origin of the injuinal ligament and the sartorius muscle
Anterior Superior Illiac Spine
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Ingredient of embalming fluids that retards the natural postmortuemtedency of blood to become more viscous or prevents adverse reactions between blood and other embalming chemicals
Anticoagulant Fluid
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Condition in which the manafestations of life are feebly maintained
Apparent Death
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The concentraded, Preservative, embalming chemical that will be diluted with water to form the arterial sollution for injection into the arterial system during vascular embalming. The purpose in for inactivating saprophytic bacteria and rendering the bodies tissues less susceptiple to decomp
Arterial (Vascular) Fluid
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The mixture of arterial (Vascular) Fluid and water which is used for arterial injection and may include supplemental fluids
Arterial Solution
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A tube used to inject embalming fluid into the bodies vascular sys
Arterial Tube
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The term applied to a number of pathological conditions causing the thickening, hardening , and loss of elasticity of the walls of the arteries.
Arteriosclerosis
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Place of union between two or more bones
Articulation
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Accumulation of serous fluids in the peritoneal cavity
Ascites
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Freedom from the infection and form of life;sterility
Asepsis
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Innsuffient intake of oxygen resulting in numerous causes
Asphyxia
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Withdrawal of gas, fluids, and semi solids from body cavities and hoolw viscera by means of suction with an aspirator and trocar
Aspiration
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Fatty degeneration or thickening of walls of larger arteries occuring in atherosclerosis
Atheroma
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Apparatus used for steralization by steam pressure, usually @250 f / 120c for a specific time
Autoclave
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The self destrution of cells; decomp of all tissue by enzymes of there own formation without microbial assistance
Autolysis
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A post mortem Examination of the organs and tissues of the body to determine cause of death or pathological condition; necropsy
Autopsy
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