Embalming 2_2 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
4 types of embalming chemicals - CORRECT ANSWER - Arterial Fluid Cavity Fluid
Supplemental Fluid and Accessory Fluid.
Specialized Arterial Fluids - CORRECT ANSWER - Jaundice Fluid and High-Index Fluid
Jaundice fluid - CORRECT ANSWER - minimal formaldehyde would be used for those
bodies which are jaundices to prevent the formaldehyde (acting as an acid) from combining with
the bilirubin to turn the body yellow or green
Components of Jaundice fluid that are different from other arterial fluids - CORRECT
ANSWER - " 1) low formaldehyde
2) Reducing agents to break down the discoloration of the body
3) Bleaching agents to bleach out the discoloration
4) Counter staining agents that will attempt to restore as normal a color as possible.
High-Index fluids - CORRECT ANSWER - would be used on bodies that had died from
drowning or had advanced stages of decomposition.
Preservatives - CORRECT ANSWER - Aldehydes | Alcohols | Coal Tar Derivatives |
Inorganic Salts
Aldehydes - CORRECT ANSWER - Formaldehyde | Glutaraldehyde | Acetaldehyde
Formaldehyde - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary Use Including paraformaldehyde
Glutaraldehyde - CORRECT ANSWER - Aldehydes primary use
, Acetaldehyde - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary Use Including Paraldehyde
Alcohols - CORRECT ANSWER - Methanol | Ethanol | Propanol
Methanol - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary use alcohol
Ehtanol - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary use alcohol
Propanol - CORRECT ANSWER - Secondary use alcohol
Coal Tar Derivatives - CORRECT ANSWER - Phenol a.k.a Carbolic Acid
Phenol a.k.a Carbolic Acid - CORRECT ANSWER - Including the gel form which then it
is used as a cauterizing agent.
Inorganic Salts - CORRECT ANSWER - Natron
Natron - CORRECT ANSWER - the best example historically of inorganic salt
Supplemental Germicides a.k.a. Disinfectants - CORRECT ANSWER - Benzaldehyde |
Propanol
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds - CORRECT ANSWER - Zephiran a.k.a.
Benzalkonium chloride
Glutaraldehyde - CORRECT ANSWER - Secondary use Supplemental Germicides
Questions and CORRECT Answers
4 types of embalming chemicals - CORRECT ANSWER - Arterial Fluid Cavity Fluid
Supplemental Fluid and Accessory Fluid.
Specialized Arterial Fluids - CORRECT ANSWER - Jaundice Fluid and High-Index Fluid
Jaundice fluid - CORRECT ANSWER - minimal formaldehyde would be used for those
bodies which are jaundices to prevent the formaldehyde (acting as an acid) from combining with
the bilirubin to turn the body yellow or green
Components of Jaundice fluid that are different from other arterial fluids - CORRECT
ANSWER - " 1) low formaldehyde
2) Reducing agents to break down the discoloration of the body
3) Bleaching agents to bleach out the discoloration
4) Counter staining agents that will attempt to restore as normal a color as possible.
High-Index fluids - CORRECT ANSWER - would be used on bodies that had died from
drowning or had advanced stages of decomposition.
Preservatives - CORRECT ANSWER - Aldehydes | Alcohols | Coal Tar Derivatives |
Inorganic Salts
Aldehydes - CORRECT ANSWER - Formaldehyde | Glutaraldehyde | Acetaldehyde
Formaldehyde - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary Use Including paraformaldehyde
Glutaraldehyde - CORRECT ANSWER - Aldehydes primary use
, Acetaldehyde - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary Use Including Paraldehyde
Alcohols - CORRECT ANSWER - Methanol | Ethanol | Propanol
Methanol - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary use alcohol
Ehtanol - CORRECT ANSWER - Primary use alcohol
Propanol - CORRECT ANSWER - Secondary use alcohol
Coal Tar Derivatives - CORRECT ANSWER - Phenol a.k.a Carbolic Acid
Phenol a.k.a Carbolic Acid - CORRECT ANSWER - Including the gel form which then it
is used as a cauterizing agent.
Inorganic Salts - CORRECT ANSWER - Natron
Natron - CORRECT ANSWER - the best example historically of inorganic salt
Supplemental Germicides a.k.a. Disinfectants - CORRECT ANSWER - Benzaldehyde |
Propanol
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds - CORRECT ANSWER - Zephiran a.k.a.
Benzalkonium chloride
Glutaraldehyde - CORRECT ANSWER - Secondary use Supplemental Germicides
