Mortuary Science National Board General Exam Questions with Complete Solutions

.75ppm - ANSWER-The 8 hour time weighted average permissable exposure limit according to the formaldehyde rule 2ppm - ANSWER-the 15 minute short term exposure limit for formaldehyde .5ppm - ANSWER-the 8 hour action level for formaldehyde levels. arch of aorta - ANSWER-the center of circulation in embalming brachiocephalic - ANSWER-this artery continues as the right subclavian femoral - ANSWER-this artery continues as the external iliac postmortem extravascular - ANSWER-the most permanent type of discoloration postmortem stain - ANSWER-another term for postmortem extravascular discoloration thomas holmes - ANSWER-the inventor of the hand pump and disaster pouch richard harlan - ANSWER-this man translated the history of embalming from french to english somatic death - ANSWER-the death of an organism as a whole bill of lading - ANSWER-a document issued by a carrier which details a shipment of merchandise and gives title of that shipment to a specified party. also called an air bill sarcoma - ANSWER-malignant tumors of cancellous bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, vascular or hematopoietic tissues lipoma - ANSWER-a benign tumor of fatty connective tissue carcinoma - ANSWER-from the greek word meaning crab; a type of cancer that develops from epithelial tissues. They are caused when altered or damaged DNA occurs to such an extent that the cells become transformed, and begin to exhibit abnormal malignant properties glioma - ANSWER-a tumor that starts in the brain or spine, almost always malignant