AAMI Principles of Embalming III PHT 414
Exam Questions and Answers (2026) |
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• A common pathological change that occurs as a result of diabetes
mellitus: -✓✓poor peripheral circulation
• Preinjection fluid is a chemical with very little or no preservative -✓✓True
• f senile purpura is seen over the hands and arms of the deceased, a slow
rate of flow is recommended. Why? -✓✓To prevent the possible further
rupture of fragile capillaries
• Which of the following is not a factor determined in the embalming
analysis? -✓✓amount of hypodermic tissue building
• On the unautopsied infant, the common carotid artery is the largest of the
non-aortic vessels -✓✓True
• At birth, body water is approximately 50% of total body weight -✓✓False
• Mouth closure and lip closure describe the same thing -✓✓F
• The biggest problem with mouth closure in the elderly is: -✓✓atrophy of
the maxillae and mandible
• In the autopsied body, the trunk should be injected first to observe tissue
reaction to the chemical used -✓✓False
• The recommended vessels for embalming the unautopsied infant include
the common carotid artery, the femoral artery, the abdominal aorta, and the
ascending aorta. -✓✓T
• Eyecaps should never be used on infants. -✓✓F
,• The viscera of the autopsied infant should be treated with undiluted cavity
fluid. -✓✓T
• Infant skin can easily distend and wrinkle upon injection of arterial
solution. -✓✓T
• Preservative demand is defined as the number of grams of pure
formaldehyde gas dissolved in 100 milliliters of water. -✓✓F
• The discolorations known as senile purpura can be removed by arterial
injection/venous drainage. -✓✓F
• Infants should always be embalmed with dilute, low-index solutions. -
✓✓F
• At 1 year of age, body water is about the same as the adult level of 60%
of total body weight. -✓✓T
• At 1 year of age, body water is about the same as the adult level of 50%
of total body weight. -✓✓F
• A coinjection fluid is used to enhance the action of the preservative
solution -✓✓T
• At 1 year of age, body water is about the same as the adult level of 70%
of total body weight. -✓✓F
• The vessels on the 4-to-12-year-old child should be larger than an infant s
but smaller than an adult s. -✓✓T
• In the autopsied body, the legs are injected first to observe tissue reaction
to the chemical used. -✓✓T
• Senile purpura is brought about by the fragility of the capillaries. -✓✓T
• Organ transplantation would NOT include: -✓✓Bone
, • Regarding organ/tissue donation and transplantation: If the procurement
technician is not careful when removing the proximal humerus and scapula,
what vessels would most likely be severed, causing obvious problems for
the embalmer? -✓✓axillary and brachial arteries
• Ideally, while you are injecting the autopsied body, you should let the
drainage sit in the cavity for as long as possible, to allow any formaldehyde
to preserve the trunk. -✓✓F
• Probably the most dramatic of all tissue recovery cases, and the most
time-consuming for the embalmer: -✓✓Long Bone Donor
• To embalm the legs of a heart/lung donor: -✓✓use the femoral arteries
• Which of the following are factors determined in the embalming analysis?
-✓✓all but one of the above
• Artificial device used to replace a limb, appendage, or other body part: -
✓✓prothesis
• You should use the same volume and strength of arterial solution on each
part of the autopsied body you are injecting. -✓✓F
• Tissue transplantation would NOT include: -✓✓Corneas
• Which of the following would not apply to the autopsied body? -✓✓using
the trocar for aspiration and cavity fluid injection
• Considered the most secure and the most commonly used, this airtight
suture is often used for closing the long incisions on the autopsied body. -
✓✓Baseball suture
• If the eye has been enucleated, which of the following is recommended as
one way to help control the swelling of eyelids during embalming: -✓✓use
restricted cervical injection
• A collection of similar cells and the intercellular substances surrounding
them: -✓✓tissue
Exam Questions and Answers (2026) |
Review Pack | Exam Practice | A+
• A common pathological change that occurs as a result of diabetes
mellitus: -✓✓poor peripheral circulation
• Preinjection fluid is a chemical with very little or no preservative -✓✓True
• f senile purpura is seen over the hands and arms of the deceased, a slow
rate of flow is recommended. Why? -✓✓To prevent the possible further
rupture of fragile capillaries
• Which of the following is not a factor determined in the embalming
analysis? -✓✓amount of hypodermic tissue building
• On the unautopsied infant, the common carotid artery is the largest of the
non-aortic vessels -✓✓True
• At birth, body water is approximately 50% of total body weight -✓✓False
• Mouth closure and lip closure describe the same thing -✓✓F
• The biggest problem with mouth closure in the elderly is: -✓✓atrophy of
the maxillae and mandible
• In the autopsied body, the trunk should be injected first to observe tissue
reaction to the chemical used -✓✓False
• The recommended vessels for embalming the unautopsied infant include
the common carotid artery, the femoral artery, the abdominal aorta, and the
ascending aorta. -✓✓T
• Eyecaps should never be used on infants. -✓✓F
,• The viscera of the autopsied infant should be treated with undiluted cavity
fluid. -✓✓T
• Infant skin can easily distend and wrinkle upon injection of arterial
solution. -✓✓T
• Preservative demand is defined as the number of grams of pure
formaldehyde gas dissolved in 100 milliliters of water. -✓✓F
• The discolorations known as senile purpura can be removed by arterial
injection/venous drainage. -✓✓F
• Infants should always be embalmed with dilute, low-index solutions. -
✓✓F
• At 1 year of age, body water is about the same as the adult level of 60%
of total body weight. -✓✓T
• At 1 year of age, body water is about the same as the adult level of 50%
of total body weight. -✓✓F
• A coinjection fluid is used to enhance the action of the preservative
solution -✓✓T
• At 1 year of age, body water is about the same as the adult level of 70%
of total body weight. -✓✓F
• The vessels on the 4-to-12-year-old child should be larger than an infant s
but smaller than an adult s. -✓✓T
• In the autopsied body, the legs are injected first to observe tissue reaction
to the chemical used. -✓✓T
• Senile purpura is brought about by the fragility of the capillaries. -✓✓T
• Organ transplantation would NOT include: -✓✓Bone
, • Regarding organ/tissue donation and transplantation: If the procurement
technician is not careful when removing the proximal humerus and scapula,
what vessels would most likely be severed, causing obvious problems for
the embalmer? -✓✓axillary and brachial arteries
• Ideally, while you are injecting the autopsied body, you should let the
drainage sit in the cavity for as long as possible, to allow any formaldehyde
to preserve the trunk. -✓✓F
• Probably the most dramatic of all tissue recovery cases, and the most
time-consuming for the embalmer: -✓✓Long Bone Donor
• To embalm the legs of a heart/lung donor: -✓✓use the femoral arteries
• Which of the following are factors determined in the embalming analysis?
-✓✓all but one of the above
• Artificial device used to replace a limb, appendage, or other body part: -
✓✓prothesis
• You should use the same volume and strength of arterial solution on each
part of the autopsied body you are injecting. -✓✓F
• Tissue transplantation would NOT include: -✓✓Corneas
• Which of the following would not apply to the autopsied body? -✓✓using
the trocar for aspiration and cavity fluid injection
• Considered the most secure and the most commonly used, this airtight
suture is often used for closing the long incisions on the autopsied body. -
✓✓Baseball suture
• If the eye has been enucleated, which of the following is recommended as
one way to help control the swelling of eyelids during embalming: -✓✓use
restricted cervical injection
• A collection of similar cells and the intercellular substances surrounding
them: -✓✓tissue
