NBE SCIENCE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
aneurysm needle - Correct Answers -An embalming instrument that is used for blunt
dissection and in raising vessels, which has an eye in the hook portion of the instrument
for placing ligatures around the vessels.
Cavity embalming - Correct Answers -Direct treatment, other than vascular (arterial)
injection, of the contents of the body cavities and the lumina of the hollow viscera;
usually accomplished by aspiration and injection.
Distribution - Correct Answers -The movement of embalming solutions from the point of
Injection throughout the arterial system and into the capillaries.
Humectant - Correct Answers -chemical that increases the ability of embalmed tissue to
retain moisture
Linear guide - Correct Answers -A line drawn or visualized on the surface of the skin to
represent the approximate location of some deeper-lying structure.
Postmortem Caloricity - Correct Answers -the rise in temperature after death due to
continued cellular metabolism
Primary Dilution - Correct Answers -The dilution attained as the embalming solution is
mixed in the embalming machine
Split injection - Correct Answers -injection from one site and drainage from a separate
site
Unionall - Correct Answers -Plastic garment designed to cover the entire body from the
neck down to and including the feet.
Musculature Suture - Correct Answers -Method of mouth closure in which a suture is
passed through the septum of the nose and through the mentalis muscle of the chin.
Proteolyisis - Correct Answers -Decomposition of proteins is called
Pathological - Correct Answers -Gangrene is an example of what type of discoloration
, Hemolysis - Correct Answers -The bursting of red blood cells in a hypotonic solution is
known as
-ase - Correct Answers -What suffix ending do enzymes have?
Bacillus anthracis - Correct Answers -Which of the following bacteria, as shown by its
Genus name, could form endospores?
Perfuming agent - Correct Answers -Methyl salicylate is used in embalming fluids as a
Right lumbar (lateral) - Correct Answers -The ascending colon is located in which
abdominal region of the 9-region plan?
opening in the adductor Magnus muscle - Correct Answers -The femoral artery
terminates at which of the following locations
Axillary - Correct Answers -The inferior border of the tendon of the teres major muscle
serves as the point of origin for which of the following arteries?
medial and superficial - Correct Answers -Where does the accompanying artery of the
internal jugular vein lie in relationship to it?
Cadaveric lividity - Correct Answers -Which of the following is NOT an extra vascular
discoloration?
Large blood vessels - Correct Answers -Which of the following would normally be the
last organ to decompose in an adult male?
Increase secondary dilution - Correct Answers -How would edema affect an a
embalming?
Optic Facial Sulci - Correct Answers -Normally the first acquired facial marking(s) to
occur.
antihelix - Correct Answers -The inner rim of the ear.
dental prognathism - Correct Answers -The oblique insertion of the teeth; buck teeth.
glabella - Correct Answers -A single bony prominence of the frontal bone located
between the superciliary arches in the inferior part of the frontal bone above the root of
the nose.
melanin - Correct Answers -The determinative skin pigment of all races; brown to black
in color.
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
aneurysm needle - Correct Answers -An embalming instrument that is used for blunt
dissection and in raising vessels, which has an eye in the hook portion of the instrument
for placing ligatures around the vessels.
Cavity embalming - Correct Answers -Direct treatment, other than vascular (arterial)
injection, of the contents of the body cavities and the lumina of the hollow viscera;
usually accomplished by aspiration and injection.
Distribution - Correct Answers -The movement of embalming solutions from the point of
Injection throughout the arterial system and into the capillaries.
Humectant - Correct Answers -chemical that increases the ability of embalmed tissue to
retain moisture
Linear guide - Correct Answers -A line drawn or visualized on the surface of the skin to
represent the approximate location of some deeper-lying structure.
Postmortem Caloricity - Correct Answers -the rise in temperature after death due to
continued cellular metabolism
Primary Dilution - Correct Answers -The dilution attained as the embalming solution is
mixed in the embalming machine
Split injection - Correct Answers -injection from one site and drainage from a separate
site
Unionall - Correct Answers -Plastic garment designed to cover the entire body from the
neck down to and including the feet.
Musculature Suture - Correct Answers -Method of mouth closure in which a suture is
passed through the septum of the nose and through the mentalis muscle of the chin.
Proteolyisis - Correct Answers -Decomposition of proteins is called
Pathological - Correct Answers -Gangrene is an example of what type of discoloration
, Hemolysis - Correct Answers -The bursting of red blood cells in a hypotonic solution is
known as
-ase - Correct Answers -What suffix ending do enzymes have?
Bacillus anthracis - Correct Answers -Which of the following bacteria, as shown by its
Genus name, could form endospores?
Perfuming agent - Correct Answers -Methyl salicylate is used in embalming fluids as a
Right lumbar (lateral) - Correct Answers -The ascending colon is located in which
abdominal region of the 9-region plan?
opening in the adductor Magnus muscle - Correct Answers -The femoral artery
terminates at which of the following locations
Axillary - Correct Answers -The inferior border of the tendon of the teres major muscle
serves as the point of origin for which of the following arteries?
medial and superficial - Correct Answers -Where does the accompanying artery of the
internal jugular vein lie in relationship to it?
Cadaveric lividity - Correct Answers -Which of the following is NOT an extra vascular
discoloration?
Large blood vessels - Correct Answers -Which of the following would normally be the
last organ to decompose in an adult male?
Increase secondary dilution - Correct Answers -How would edema affect an a
embalming?
Optic Facial Sulci - Correct Answers -Normally the first acquired facial marking(s) to
occur.
antihelix - Correct Answers -The inner rim of the ear.
dental prognathism - Correct Answers -The oblique insertion of the teeth; buck teeth.
glabella - Correct Answers -A single bony prominence of the frontal bone located
between the superciliary arches in the inferior part of the frontal bone above the root of
the nose.
melanin - Correct Answers -The determinative skin pigment of all races; brown to black
in color.
