AAMI PRINCIPLES OF EMBALMING
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
PREPARATION MATERIAL
●● 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
,●● 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
●● 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
●● 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
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
PREPARATION MATERIAL
●● 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
,●● 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
●● 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
●● 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
