Emalming C-D
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- Death
- Irreversible cessation of all vital functions
- Decomposition
- Separation of compounds into simpler substances by the action of microbial and/or autolytic enzymes
- Communicable Diseases
- Disease that may be transmitted either direclty or indirectly between individual by an infectious agent.
- Crepitation
- Crackling sensation produced when gases trapped in tissues are palpated, as in subcutaneous emphysema
- Coverall
- Plastic garment designed to cover the body from the chest down to the upper thigh
- Cavitation
- The formation of cavities in an organ or tissue; frequently seen in some forms of tuberculosis.
- Chemotherapy
- The application of chemical reagents in the treatment of disease in humans, causing an elevated preservation demand.
- Decay
- Decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria
- Dehydration
- Loss of moisture from body tissue whihc may occur antemortem or postmortem
- Corpulence
- (Obesity) Having an abnormal amount of fat on the bodyl
- Desquamation
- Sloughing off of the epidermis, wherein there is a separation of the epidermis from the underlying dermis. Formerly referred to as Skin Slip
- Chemical Postmortem Change
- A change in the bodies chemical composition that accurs after death such as Hemolytic
- Coma
- The irreversible cessation of brain activity and loss of conciousness; death beginning at the brain
- Clinical Death
- A phase of somatic Death lasting from 5-6 mimutes during which life may be restored.
- Concurrent Disinfection
- Disinffection practices carried out during the embalming process
- Cremated Remains
- Those elements remaining after cremation of a dead human body
- Coagulation
- The process of converting soluble protein to insoluble protein by heating or cotanct with a chemical such as alcohol, or an aldehyde. the solidification of a sol into a gelatinous mass. Agglutination is a specifc form of coagulation.
- Contaminated
- The presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potenitally infectious materials on an item or surface
- Center of Fluid Distribution
- Ascending and/or arch of the aorta
- Cosmetic Fuild
- Embalming fluid that contains dyes and coloring agents intended to restore a more natural skin tone though the embalming process
- Celluar Death
- Death of the individual cells of the body
- Contragious Disease
- Disease that may be ransmitted between individuals with reference to the organism that causes a disease.
- Cornea
- Transparent part of the tunic of the eyeball that covoers theiriss and puple that admits light into the interior
- Coagulating Agents
- Chemical and physical agents that bring about coagulation
- Coinjection Fluid
- A Fluid used primarily to supplement and enhance the action of vascular (arterial) solution
- Differential Pressure
- The difference between potential and actual pressure.
- Coroner
- An official of a local community who holds inquests concerning sudden violen and unexplained deaths
- Center of Venous Drainage
- Right Atrium of the heart
- Death Struggle
- The semi convulsice twitches which often occur before death
- Carbohydrate
- A compound of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen; sugars, starched & Glycogen
- Centrifugal Force Machine
- Embalming machine that uses an electrical pump to create pressure either pulsating or non pulsating.
- Conjunctiva
- Mucous membrane that lined the eyelid and covers the white portion of the eye
- Condyle
- Rounded articular process on a bone
- Chelate
- Substances that bind metallic ions such as EDTA (Ethylenediamine-tetacetic acid) used as an anticoagulant in embalming solutions
- Death Rattle
- Noise made by a moribund person caused by air passing through a residue of mucous in the trachea and posterior oral cavity.
- Denatured Protein
- A protein whoch structure has been changed by physical or chemical agents
- Cavity Embalming
- Direct Treatment, other than vascular (aterial) injectoin of the contents of the body cavities and the lumina of the hollow viscera, usually accomplished by aspiration & injection.
- Cavity Fluid
- Embalming chemicals which are injected into the cavities of the body following the aspiration in caivty embalming. Cavity fliud can also be used as the chemical in hypodermic and surface embalming.
- Cranial Embalming
- Method used to embalm the contents of the Cranial cavity through aspiration and injection of the cranial chamber by passage of a trocar through the cribiform plate
- Concurrent Drainage
- Method of drainage in which occurs continuously during vascular (arterial) injection