Thanatochemistry Test 1 Definitions Crossword

Line drawn or visualized on the surace of the body or a prominent antaomical structure used to locate internal structures during cavity embalming; 2 inches to the left and 2 inches superior to the umbilicus
Prep room equipment used to insert buttons into punctures created when trocar is inserted into the body
Wasted condition resulting in sunken suraces of face; Excessive Leaness
Substance thinned or reduced in concentration
Embalming instrument which is connected to a bottle of cavity fluid to aid in injecting the cavity fluid intro various body cavities
Plastic threaded screw like device for sealing punctures and small round trocar openings
Ability of substances to diffuse through capillary walls into tissue spaces
Minute blood vessels, the walls of which comprise a single layer of endothelial cells; connect arterioles and venules
Layer underneath of the epidermis; deepest skin layer
30-36 index
Water loving
Outermost layer of skin
Discipline dealing with the moral duty and obligation; doing the right thing when no one is looking
Loss of moisture from body tissue
The direct contact of body tissue with embalming chemicals
Injecton of embalming chemicals directly into the tissues through the use of a syringe and needle, hypo-valve trocar aka parietal needle, or a trocar
Chemical in powder form, typically used for surface embalming of the remains; used in plastic garments when the necrotic tissue is due to dry gangrene or where there are no anticipated leakage issues
Chemical in powder form that has the ability to absorb and to disinfect; often used in cavity treatment for autopsied cases
Postmortem, intravascular, red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostasis of blood; can be cleared with arterial injection and drainage
Postmortem intravascular red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostasis of blood; can be cleared with arterial injection and drainage
Destruction of red blood cells that liberates hemoglobin and leads to postmortem stain
Settling of blood and/or other bodily fluids to dependent portions of body
Fluid used primarily to supplement and enhance the action of vascular solutions; adding specialized chemicals to routine arterial chemical
Postmortem, intravascular, red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostasis of blood; usually cleared with arterial injection and drainage
Liquid holding another substance in solution
Liquid containing dissolved substance
Substance dissolved in a solution
Extravascular color change that occurs when heme, released by hemolysis of red blood cells, seeps through the vessel walls and into body tissues
Mixture of formaldehyde gas dissolved in water with 40% by volume, 37% by weight, and containing 7% methly alcohol to prevent polymerization