AAMI PRINCIPLES OF EMBALMING FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED CERTIFICATION STUDY PACK
●● Calvarium
Answer: dome-like superior portion of the cranium.
●● Calvarium
Answer: what is the portion of the head that is removed during a cranial
autopsy.
●● Eye Enucleation
Answer: removal of an entire eyeball without rupture.
●● Hardening Compound
Answer: chemical in powder form that has the ability to absorb and to
disinfect. Often used in cavity treatment on an autopsied case.
●● Hardening Compound
Answer: what is often used in cavity treatment of an autopsied case?
●● Hypodermic Embalming
,Answer: injection of embalming chemicals directly into the tissues
through the use of a syringe and needle or trocar.
●● Necropsy
Answer: postmortem examination of the organs and tissues of a body to
determine the cause of death or pathological condition.
●● Surface Embalming
Answer: direct contact of body tissues with embalming chemicals.
●● Worm Suture
Answer: method of sewing an incision along the edges without entering
the opening whereby the suture becomes invisible and the line of suture
becomes depressed, which lends it ease of concealment by waxing.
●● Total Body Weight
Answer: both body water and body fat contribute too?
●● 75
Answer: at birth water account for _____% of body weight.
●● 12
Answer: at birth fat accounts for _______%.
,●● Body Water, 60
Answer: at 1 year of age _______ declines to approximately the normal
adult level of _____% of total body weight.
●● 25, 30
Answer: body fat increases at 6 months of age to about _____% and
increases again to about ____% at age 1.
●● Brain
Answer: in the infant what is the first organ to decompose?
●● B
Answer: Knowing that the infant's body has a large amount of moisture,
one of my main concerns as an
embalmer would be to:
a. use a hypotonic solution
b. use a mild solution to keep the skin from wrinkling
c. use an astringent solution to keep the body from dehydrating
d. achieve/maintain a proper moisture balance with my arterial solution
e. avoid aspirating the cranial cavity
●● A, C, D, F
, Answer: Which of the following vessels are recommended for injecting
the unautopsied infant (select all that
apply):
a. common carotid artery
b. subclavian artery
c. femoral artery
d. abdominal aorta
e. axillary artery
f. ascending aorta
●● A, C
Answer: Which of the following vessels would be used on both
unautopsied adults as well as unautopsied
infants?
a. common carotid artery
b. subclavian artery
c. femoral artery
d. abdominal aorta
e. axillary artery
f. ascending aorta
●● True
Answer: T/F Senile purpura is an example of ecchymosis
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED CERTIFICATION STUDY PACK
●● Calvarium
Answer: dome-like superior portion of the cranium.
●● Calvarium
Answer: what is the portion of the head that is removed during a cranial
autopsy.
●● Eye Enucleation
Answer: removal of an entire eyeball without rupture.
●● Hardening Compound
Answer: chemical in powder form that has the ability to absorb and to
disinfect. Often used in cavity treatment on an autopsied case.
●● Hardening Compound
Answer: what is often used in cavity treatment of an autopsied case?
●● Hypodermic Embalming
,Answer: injection of embalming chemicals directly into the tissues
through the use of a syringe and needle or trocar.
●● Necropsy
Answer: postmortem examination of the organs and tissues of a body to
determine the cause of death or pathological condition.
●● Surface Embalming
Answer: direct contact of body tissues with embalming chemicals.
●● Worm Suture
Answer: method of sewing an incision along the edges without entering
the opening whereby the suture becomes invisible and the line of suture
becomes depressed, which lends it ease of concealment by waxing.
●● Total Body Weight
Answer: both body water and body fat contribute too?
●● 75
Answer: at birth water account for _____% of body weight.
●● 12
Answer: at birth fat accounts for _______%.
,●● Body Water, 60
Answer: at 1 year of age _______ declines to approximately the normal
adult level of _____% of total body weight.
●● 25, 30
Answer: body fat increases at 6 months of age to about _____% and
increases again to about ____% at age 1.
●● Brain
Answer: in the infant what is the first organ to decompose?
●● B
Answer: Knowing that the infant's body has a large amount of moisture,
one of my main concerns as an
embalmer would be to:
a. use a hypotonic solution
b. use a mild solution to keep the skin from wrinkling
c. use an astringent solution to keep the body from dehydrating
d. achieve/maintain a proper moisture balance with my arterial solution
e. avoid aspirating the cranial cavity
●● A, C, D, F
, Answer: Which of the following vessels are recommended for injecting
the unautopsied infant (select all that
apply):
a. common carotid artery
b. subclavian artery
c. femoral artery
d. abdominal aorta
e. axillary artery
f. ascending aorta
●● A, C
Answer: Which of the following vessels would be used on both
unautopsied adults as well as unautopsied
infants?
a. common carotid artery
b. subclavian artery
c. femoral artery
d. abdominal aorta
e. axillary artery
f. ascending aorta
●● True
Answer: T/F Senile purpura is an example of ecchymosis
