Principles of Embalming III - PHT 414 Exam Questions
1. A direct method of drainage accomplished by inserting a trocar into the right atrium of the heart is: heart
tap
2. An expression of the categories into which a death may fall, [such as suicide, accidental, etc]: manner
of death
3. an influential person in medical embalming who discovered the circulation of blood in 1628: Dr. William Havey
4. Any surface, prominence, or structure which is used in establishing the location of an adjacent structure
or prominence is a(n):: anatomical guide
5. As you are injecting a body, you notice that the hand is not getting solution. You decide to inject as close as you
can to the hand, and you decide you want to use the larger of the two branches into which the brachial artery
divides.Which of the following vessels do you select: Ulnar artery
6. Benzaldehyde and methyl salicylate {oil of wintergreen] are examples of: -
deodorants
7. for a body with normal moisture content use a solution: hypotonic
8. for which of the following would you use the restricted cervical injection difficult to firm bodies
when eye enucleation has been performed when facial
distension is anticipated jaundiced bodies
all of the above: all of the above difficult to
firm bodies
when eye enucleation has been performed when facial
distension is anticipated jaundiced bodies
9. from a point behind the inguinal ligament to the opening of the adductor longus muscle
,external iliac artery internal
iliac artery femoral artery
popliteal artery anterior
tibial artery
none of the above: none of the above adductor longus
muscle
external iliac artery internal
iliac artery femoral artery
popliteal artery anterior tibial
artery
10.From the arch of the aorta to the lateral border of the first rib: right subcla- vian artery
11.How much water must be added to make a 2% arterial solution if 6 ounces of a 24 index fluid is used: 66
ounces
12.if 'the movement of solvent from an area of lesser solute concentration to greater solute concentration when
the two solution are separated by a semipermeable membrane" is the definition of osmosis, how would you re-
word the statement to specifically refer to osmosis in embalming a normal or dehydrated body: movement of
water in embalming solution from capillaries to interstitial spaces
13. cavity fluids generally so not contain dyes or modifying agents because-
: their effect on the cavities will not be visible so what would be the point
14.if edema is present in the shoulder area of the deceased place the body in plastic: unionall
15. If the lips will not stay closed during the embalming operation, they may be held in position by means of
wet cotton strips
petroleum jelly sutures
all of these: all of these wet cotton
, strips petroleum jelly
sutures
16.if you are tracing embalming solution from your point of injection [right common carotid artery] to the lung,
which of the following arteries should be included in your trace: bronchial artery
17. The following "from a point behind the inguinal ligament to the opening of the adductor longus muscle', is
an incorrect statement of the anatomical limit for the femoral artery because:
18.if you use 16 ounces of fluid to make 1 gallon of a 3% solution, what must the index of the fluid be: index of
24
19.of the following choice which would be the first organ to becompse: infan- tile brain
20. If you were tracing embalming solution back from the thumb side of the right hand and it was heading
towards your drainage site at the right femoral vein, which sequence of the following would be correct once the
solution passed from the superficial and deep volar venous arches
1 basilic vein
2 axillary vein
3 right atrium
4 right innominate vein 5 right
subclavian vein 6 cephalic vein
7 svc
8 brachial vein
9 IVC
10 through the heart: 6 cephalic vein 2 axillary vein
5 right subclavian vein 4 right
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