AAMI Principles of Embalming 1 (PHT
201) Midterm Review Questions and
Answers |With 100% Verified
Solutions | Updated & Verified | 2026
_______ are credited with the discovery of
formaldehyde. - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Butlerov and
Hofmann
Father of Bacteriology - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
This surgeon and anatomy lecturer so
distinguished himself that a region of the body
,that he described was named in his honor -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-John Hunter
Who is the Father of Modern Embalming in the
U.S - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Thomas Holmes
Auguste Renouard wrote "The History of
Embalming", which was the first embalming
textbook to be published in the U.S. -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-False
Considered to be the inventor of the
microscope: - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Antony van
Leeuwenhoek
T/F Herodotus was known for embalming
without evisceration. - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-False
,Founder of Microscopic anatomy: -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Marcello Malpighi
Author of what would become the first book
devoted entirely to embalming procedures
published in the United States in English: -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Jean Gannal
Ancient Egyptians used these during the
mummification process to store and preserve
the viscera of their owner for the afterlife. -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Canopic Jars
One of the Hunter brothers did most of his
embalming from a particular area of the body,
and that region was described and documented
by the other brother. The region that was
, described was the [a], and the large artery
passing through that region used by the
Hunters for arterial injection was the [b] artery.
- ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-thigh; femoral
Who is the Father of Embalming? -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Frederick Ruysch
The Father of History - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
Herodotus
Became the first documented black embalmer
in U.S. history: - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Prince Geer
Who wrote the first embalming textbook in the
United States? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Auguste
Renouard
201) Midterm Review Questions and
Answers |With 100% Verified
Solutions | Updated & Verified | 2026
_______ are credited with the discovery of
formaldehyde. - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Butlerov and
Hofmann
Father of Bacteriology - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
This surgeon and anatomy lecturer so
distinguished himself that a region of the body
,that he described was named in his honor -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-John Hunter
Who is the Father of Modern Embalming in the
U.S - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Thomas Holmes
Auguste Renouard wrote "The History of
Embalming", which was the first embalming
textbook to be published in the U.S. -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-False
Considered to be the inventor of the
microscope: - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Antony van
Leeuwenhoek
T/F Herodotus was known for embalming
without evisceration. - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-False
,Founder of Microscopic anatomy: -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Marcello Malpighi
Author of what would become the first book
devoted entirely to embalming procedures
published in the United States in English: -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Jean Gannal
Ancient Egyptians used these during the
mummification process to store and preserve
the viscera of their owner for the afterlife. -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Canopic Jars
One of the Hunter brothers did most of his
embalming from a particular area of the body,
and that region was described and documented
by the other brother. The region that was
, described was the [a], and the large artery
passing through that region used by the
Hunters for arterial injection was the [b] artery.
- ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-thigh; femoral
Who is the Father of Embalming? -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Frederick Ruysch
The Father of History - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
Herodotus
Became the first documented black embalmer
in U.S. history: - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Prince Geer
Who wrote the first embalming textbook in the
United States? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Auguste
Renouard
