AAMI PRINCIPLES OF EMBALMING TEST
PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS PREMIUM REVIEW
SHEET
●● 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
●● T/F Auguste Renouard published "The Undertaker's Manual", which
was the first book published specifically as an embalming textbook in
the U.S.
Answer: True
●● Discovered the circulation of blood:
Answer: William Harvey
●● Invented the trocar
Answer: Samuel Rodgers
●● First major figure to provide embalming instruction for undertakers
in the U.S.:
Answer: Auguste Renouard
, ●● Complaints against this gentleman regarding inflated prices, poor
services and other examples of unprofessional conduct led to the first set
of rules and regulations for the licensing of embalmers and undertakers
in the United States:
Answer: Richard Burr
●● T/F Thomas Holmes published Jean Gannal's "History of
Embalming", which then became the first embalming textbook in the
United States.
Answer: False
●● Egyptologists usually divide ancient Egypt's history into _______,
each of which describe a succession of kings who were usually related.
Answer: Dynasties
●● First to discover capillaries:
Answer: Marcello Malpighi
●● Embalmed President Lincoln in 1865:
Answer: Henry Cattell
PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS PREMIUM REVIEW
SHEET
●● 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
●● T/F Auguste Renouard published "The Undertaker's Manual", which
was the first book published specifically as an embalming textbook in
the U.S.
Answer: True
●● Discovered the circulation of blood:
Answer: William Harvey
●● Invented the trocar
Answer: Samuel Rodgers
●● First major figure to provide embalming instruction for undertakers
in the U.S.:
Answer: Auguste Renouard
, ●● Complaints against this gentleman regarding inflated prices, poor
services and other examples of unprofessional conduct led to the first set
of rules and regulations for the licensing of embalmers and undertakers
in the United States:
Answer: Richard Burr
●● T/F Thomas Holmes published Jean Gannal's "History of
Embalming", which then became the first embalming textbook in the
United States.
Answer: False
●● Egyptologists usually divide ancient Egypt's history into _______,
each of which describe a succession of kings who were usually related.
Answer: Dynasties
●● First to discover capillaries:
Answer: Marcello Malpighi
●● Embalmed President Lincoln in 1865:
Answer: Henry Cattell
