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PRINCIPLES OF EMBALMING III - PHT 414 FINAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
anasarca - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ severe generalized
edema in subcutaneous tissue.
ascites - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ accumulation of serous
fluids in the peritoneal (abdominal) cavity
concurrent - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ drainage technique in
which drainage occurs continuously during arterial
injection
dehydration - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ loss of moisture
from body tissue, which may occur antemortem or
postmortem
desiccation - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ extreme dehydration
edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ abnormal accumulation
of fluids in tissues and/or body cavities
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edematous - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ affected with edema
humectant - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ chemical that
increases the capability of embalmed tissue to retain
moisture.
hydrocele - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ abnormal
accumulation of fluids in the scrotal sac
hydrocephalus - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ abnormal
accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of
the brain.
hydrothorax - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ abnormal
accumulation of fluid in the thoracic cavity.
hydrothorax - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ a type of pleural
effusion in which serous fluid accumulates in the pleural
cavity
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hypertonic - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ arterial solution
having a greater concentration of dissolved solute than
the body tissues.
hypotonic - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ arterial solution having
a lesser concentration of dissolved solute than the body
tissues
intermittent - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ method of
[restricted] drainage in which the drainage is stopped at
intervals while the injection continues
osmosis - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 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
pitting edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ condition in which
interstitial spaces contain such excessive amounts of fluid
that the skin remains depressed after palpation
pleural effusion - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ abnormal
accumulation of fluid in the pleural (lung) cavity
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pulmonary edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ a potentially
life-threatening accumulation of fluid in the lungs
solid edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ moisture retained
by the cell
cellular edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ another term for
solid edema
intercellular edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ another term
for pitting edema
dropsy - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ another term for
anasarca
pyothorax - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ pleural effusion
where the fluid is pus
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: - .....ANSWER... ✔✔
increase the strength of the arterial solution
PRINCIPLES OF EMBALMING III - PHT 414 FINAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
anasarca - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ severe generalized
edema in subcutaneous tissue.
ascites - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ accumulation of serous
fluids in the peritoneal (abdominal) cavity
concurrent - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ drainage technique in
which drainage occurs continuously during arterial
injection
dehydration - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ loss of moisture
from body tissue, which may occur antemortem or
postmortem
desiccation - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ extreme dehydration
edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ abnormal accumulation
of fluids in tissues and/or body cavities
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edematous - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ affected with edema
humectant - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ chemical that
increases the capability of embalmed tissue to retain
moisture.
hydrocele - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ abnormal
accumulation of fluids in the scrotal sac
hydrocephalus - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ abnormal
accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of
the brain.
hydrothorax - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ abnormal
accumulation of fluid in the thoracic cavity.
hydrothorax - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ a type of pleural
effusion in which serous fluid accumulates in the pleural
cavity
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hypertonic - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ arterial solution
having a greater concentration of dissolved solute than
the body tissues.
hypotonic - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ arterial solution having
a lesser concentration of dissolved solute than the body
tissues
intermittent - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ method of
[restricted] drainage in which the drainage is stopped at
intervals while the injection continues
osmosis - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 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
pitting edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ condition in which
interstitial spaces contain such excessive amounts of fluid
that the skin remains depressed after palpation
pleural effusion - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ abnormal
accumulation of fluid in the pleural (lung) cavity
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pulmonary edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ a potentially
life-threatening accumulation of fluid in the lungs
solid edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ moisture retained
by the cell
cellular edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ another term for
solid edema
intercellular edema - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ another term
for pitting edema
dropsy - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ another term for
anasarca
pyothorax - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ pleural effusion
where the fluid is pus
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: - .....ANSWER... ✔✔
increase the strength of the arterial solution
